First published 2002
When the love of her life is eradicated, literary detective Thursday Next must leap into classic novels to retrieve him. Apprenticed to the man-hating Miss Havisham, Thursday book-jumps through Poe, Kafka, and Austen, dodging deadly coincidences and a menacing pink sludge. Can she locate her lost love, authenticate a lost Shakespeare play, and save the world - all in a day's work?
Genres: literary-fiction, adventure, mystery, fantasy, alternate-history, books-about-books
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Great Britain
399 pages · Paperback · Penguin Books