First Among Sequels

383 Pages·2016·2.28 MB·English

by  Fforde Jasper

F

irst
A
mong
Sequels
v

a l s o b y j a s p e r f f o r d e
T
he Thursday Next SeriesC
The yre Affair
E
L
ost in a Good Book
T
he Well of Lost Plots
Something Rotten
The Great Samuel Pepys Fiasco
(No longer available)
T
he Nursery Crimes SeriesC
The
Big Over Easy
The Fourth Bear
The Danverclone seemed to hang
in the air for a moment before a large wave
caught her and she was left behind the
rapidly moving taxi.

t h u r s d a y n e x t
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A
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a n o v e l
Jasper Fforde
v i k i n g
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Fforde, Jasper.
Thursday next in first among sequels / Jasper Fforde.
p. cm.
ISBN: 1-4295-5042-2
1. Next, Thursday (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Characters and
characteristics in literature—Fiction. 3. Women detectives—Great Britain—Fiction.
4. Books and reading—Fiction. 5. Time travel—Fiction.
I. Title. II. Title: First among sequels.
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