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Adult Nursery
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Age Group_Ages 12+
Author_Bob Burke
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Children's Mystery
Children’s Mystery
Comic Mystery
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Curds and Whey
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Detective Spoof
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Eyre Affair
Harry Pigg
Jasper Foorde
Language_English
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Parody
Price_€10 to €20
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YA Noir
Product details
- ISBN 9780007479405
- Weight: 280g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 26 Mar 2015
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Language: English
- Age Group: Ages 12+
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The collected hard-boiled cases of nursery rhyme-noir with Detective Harry Pigg. Harry Pigg, the only surviving brother from the Big Bad Wolf attacks, has set up business as a private detective in Grimmtown, only things aren't going too well. Down on his luck, with bills to pay and no clients in sight the outlook is poor.
But when your next customers are going to include local businessman Aladdin, the wife of Father Christmas and Little Miss Muffet, what follows is a hard-boiled casebook of nursery rhyme-noir - full of fairy tale villains, plenty of red herrings, a few close shaves, a couple of punch ups and some very clever twists indeed. Funny, thrilling and always entertaining, Harry Pigg is an old breed of hero for a new generation. The Third Pig Detective Agency series has been acclaimed by readers, crime writers and prize judging panels alike.
If you haven't discovered what makes Harry Pigg so popular then now is the time!
Bob is the award-winning author of The Third Pig Detective Agency series. He lives in County Limerick with his wife and three children.
