asper Fforde has done it again within this genre-bending blend of crime fiction, illusion, and top-drawer literary entertainment. After two rollicking NY Times bestselling journeys through Western literature, resourceful literary detective Thursday Next definitely requirements some downtime. And what better place for a respite than in the concealed depths of the Well of Lost Plots, where all unpublished books reside? But tranquility remain elusive for Thursday night, who soon discovers the Well is certainly a veritable linguistic free-for-all, where grammasites operate rampant, plot devices are hawked around the dark market, and lousy books—just like the one she has taken up home in—are scrapped for salvage. To make matters worse, a murderer is normally stalking the staff of Jurisfiction and it’s up to Thursday to save your day. A brilliant feat of literary showmanship filled with wit, illusion, and effervescent originality, this Ffordian tour de power may be the most exciting Thursday Next adventure however.