Stap in een wereld waarin literatuur letterlijk wordt en de grenzen tussen realiteit en fictie vervagen. Volg een vasthoudende hoofdpersoon terwijl ze buitengewone avonturen beleeft binnen de pagina's van boeken zelf. Ontdek verborgen geheimen in klassieke verhalen en wees getuige van werkelijkheid-buigende plotwendingen. Deze serie biedt een unieke mix van detectivefictie, sciencefiction en meta-narratief die elke lezer zal boeien.
Door een kleine verandering in de negentiende eeuw is de loop van de geschiedenis ietwat veranderd. Dodo's zijn normale huisdieren; Engeland voert in de Krim na ruim honderd jaar nog steeds oorlog met Rusland; literatuur wordt door iedereen gekoesterd en manuscripten hebben onschatbare waarde. Inspecteur Thurday Next wordt ingezet om Hades op te sporen, een crimineel die door ontvoering en afpersing van literaire figuren rijk geworden is. 'De zaak Jane Eyre' is een onweerstaanbare literaire thriller die doet denken aan de kracht van het proza van Thomas Pynchon en Michael Chabon.
Thursday Next, literary detective and newlywed is back to embark on an adventure that begins on her own doorstep. It seems that Landen, her husband of four weeks, actually drowned in an accident when he was two years old. Someone, somewhere, sometime, is responsible
Exhausted by her stint as Miss Havisham's apprentice at Jurisfiction, Thursday Next is delighted by a respite in the Character Exchange Program in the Well of Lost Plots, a place filled with linguistic chaos, lousy books, and a murderer.
In this fourth installment, literary detective Thursday Next embarks on a new adventure in a whimsical, literature-obsessed England. The story continues to blend elements of fantasy and mystery, showcasing Fforde's signature wit and creativity as Thursday navigates a world where books and reality intertwine. Fans of the series can expect clever plot twists and engaging characters that explore the power of literature in a unique alternate reality.
Thursday Next has her hands full trying to persuade her 16-year-old son not to sleep away his future. To complicate matters the government has a dangerously high stupidity surplus and the Stiltonista Cheese Mafia are causing trouble in her hometown of Swindon
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Ex-detective Thursday Next faces her trickiest assignment yet in the seventh novel of this renowned series, “[a] bibliophile’s Wonderland” (The Plain Dealer). “It’s safe to say that if you enjoy that particularly British, Douglas Adams–style absurd delivery of wry observations, you’ll get a kick out of [The Woman Who Died a Lot].”—New York Journal of Books Thursday Next, the Bookworld’s leading enforcement officer, has been forced into semiretirement following an assassination attempt. When her former SpecOps division is reinstated, she assumes she’s the obvious choice to lead the Literary Detectives. Sadly, our banged-up heroine is no spring chicken, and her old boss has a cushier job in mind: Chief Librarian of the Swindon All-You-Can-Eat-at-Fatso’s Drink Not Included Library. But where Thursday goes, trouble follows. As the new Chief Librarian faces 100 percent budget cuts and trouble from the ever-evil Jack Schitt, the Next children face their own career hiccups—and possible nonexistence. Don’t miss any of Jasper Fforde’s delightfully entertaining Thursday Next novels: THE EYRE AFFAIR • LOST IN A GOOD BOOK • THE WELL OF LOST PLOTS • SOMETHING ROTTEN • FIRST AMONG SEQUELS • ONE OF OUR THURSDAYS IS MISSING • THE WOMAN WHO DIED A LOT
