Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde

You're pregnant, but technically your husband doesn’t exist…Thursday Next has to deal with her job as a literary detective, but sometimes the job asks too much and then someone else knocks on her door.  Jurisfiction.  It’s the police force inside of books!  Miss Havisham is her mentor.  The Cheshire Cat is in charge of the library.  On top of the two jobs she now has, the Goliath corporation has eradicated her husband from time.  She has nothing but her memories.  She can have him back if she travels inside Poe to retrieve Jack Schitt.  Her father, who is also out of time, tells her the world will end in two weeks.  No pressure!  Her landlord is also after her because there aren't supposed to be pets in the building and her dodo, Pickwick, has just laid an egg.  It’s stress on stress, what’s a detective to do?  Get Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde.

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