The Big Over Easy (A Nursery Crime) by Jasper Fforde

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, and, well, you know the rest. But was Humpty's fall an accident, or was it murder? It's up to giant killer Jack Spratt of the Nursery Crime Division to get to the bottom of it. Humpty was quite a ladies' man, but a few people thought him a bad egg. Jack has a number of suspects, a new partner to break in and gloryhound/antagonist Detective Inspector Chimes to deal with.

I took the plunge and finally joined a local book club.  It was fantastic meeting some new people and hanging out talking about books - my kids and hubby just don't understand.  Our July book was The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde. Not a book I would normally pick up on my own, I was leary when I started it.  The next thing I knew, I was half way through the book!

Jack Spratt is the inspector who leads the Nursery Crimes division.  Through-out the novel, you'll meet many characters of nursery crimes.  His assistant is none other than Mary, Mary.  Disgruntled over his court loss of the three pigs for the murder of Mr. Wolfe, Jack is determined to find out who murdered Humpty Dumpty. What transpires will leave you not only in stitches, but up late turning the page of this entertaining, yet thrilling novel.  Mr. Fforde's characters are believable in their role and his plot twists and turns until a final shocking conclusion.  Even after I closed the book and pondered the story, I realized that so and so was this nursery character and wondered how Mother Hubbard wasn't picked up by the sanitation department.  Quite enjoyable!  I'm even going to pick up the next in the series, The Fourth Bear.

I'm looking forward to our August pick: Antarktos Rising by Jeremy Robinson.  Again, another new to me author, but I enjoy  broadening my horizons and who knows? maybe I will love it!