The Fourth Bear

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 Gingerbreadmanasadist, psychopath, cookieais on the loose in Reading, but thatas not who Detective Jack Spratt and Sergeant Mary Mary are after. Instead, theyave been demoted to searching for missing journalist aGoldya Hatchett. The last witnesses to see her alive were the reclusive Three Bears, and right away Spratt senses something furryauh, "funny"aabout their story, starting with the porridge. "The Fourth Bear" is a delirious new romp from our most irrepressible fabulist.