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• The Fourth Bear: A Nursery Crime

  The Fourth Bear: A Nursery Crime Jasper Fforde Penguin Paperback 400 pages July 2007 Nursery Crimes detective Jack Spratt is back on the case in The Fourth Bear, and it's a much better book than its predecessor, The Big Over Easy. That was an enjoyab ... (read full critics)

  curledup published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010

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  by Jasper Fforde

  I can't wait for the next NCD novel! Where does mr Fforde take his ideas I really don't know. But they work splendidly!

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  Fiore said on Nov 11, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  A Little Boring, Still So Creative

  I absolutely LOVE this author's style. Anyone who can take nursery rhymes and create murder mysteries replete with humor and satire is a major plus in my book.
  In the second installment of the Nursery Crime series, Goldilocks and the Three Bears are caught in a national conspiracy and the Gingerbre ... (continue)

  I absolutely LOVE this author's style. Anyone who can take nursery rhymes and create murder mysteries replete with humor and satire is a major plus in my book.
  In the second installment of the Nursery Crime series, Goldilocks and the Three Bears are caught in a national conspiracy and the Gingerbread Man is blood thirsty as ever. Obviously this is not a nail-biter (unless you suffer from Mother Goose phobia) but it is certainly clever.
  My only issue is that there are times when the story was a little boring and nothing irks me more in a mystery than when characters are introduced at the last minute who end up playing a pivotal role in the plot. I feel like it's a cop out and it cheapens the story.
  In any case, I do recommend this book if anything for the humor and to marvel at the twisted lives of our much beloved nursery rhymes.

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  ReadingQueen 12/17 said on Aug 10, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  Cleverly written, but his books are never can't-put-them-down books.

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  Missmath144 said on Sep 22, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 400 Pages
• Edition: Export e.
• ISBN-10: 034089671X
• ISBN-13: 9780340896716
• Publisher: Hodder Paperback
• Pub date: Jun 28, 2007
• Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD and eBook

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