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The Eyre Affair is a combination of literary and discovering crime. Jasper Fforde has a unique sense of style and setting that hasn't been used in a while. It has everything from cloned dodos to time travelers to stories within a story.

SpecOps 5 Literary detective Thursday Next is a “detective without equal, fear, or boyfriend.” She is the only person who has stood up to master villain Acheron Hades and lived to tell the tale of what she endeavoured. Thursday is brave and smart, a wonderful combination that is rare in the Spec-Ops department. After an incident involving Thursday and Acheron Hadese they have everyone believing Hades is dead.The original manuscript of Charles Dickens’ Martin Chuzzlewit has been stolen and it disappeared with Hades’ apparent death. In another rare acurance, Thursday is visited by her future self and told to take the Literary Detective position in her hometown of Swindon. But things aren’t quite what they seem. Now characters from famous novels are being kidnapped by a mischievous machine created by Thursday’s uncle Mycroft and then held for ransom. This includes Jane Eyre herself. It's up to Thursday to save the day again.