Mystery
Detective Jack Spratt probes a missing-journalist case in a world where nursery-rhyme figures are real, with a psychopathic Gingerbreadman on the loose.
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Detective Jack Spratt probes a missing-journalist case in a world where nursery-rhyme figures are real, with a psychopathic Gingerbreadman on the loose.
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The inimitable Jasper Fforde gives readers another delightful mash-up of detective fiction and nursery rhyme, returning to those mean streets where no character is innocent. The Gingerbreadman?sadist, psychopath, cookie?is on the loose in Reading, but that?s not who Detective Jack Spratt and Sergeant Mary Mary are after. Instead, they?ve been demoted to searching for missing journalist ?Goldy? Hatchett. The last witnesses to see her alive were the reclusive Three Bears, and right away Spratt sen...
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Sexual content
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Mild marital and romantic subplots; no explicit sexual content
Violence & gore
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Serial-killer murders central; sadistic Gingerbreadman and dark crime violence
Profanity
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Occasional mild language; not heavy on strong profanity
Substance use
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Brief social drinking in a British detective setting
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Living nursery-rhyme beings and fantastical alternate-world elements throughout
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Satire of bureaucracy, media, prejudice, and absurd institutions
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Sadistic killings and crime-victim suffering; dark cruelty themes
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