Books like One of Our Thursdays is Missing (Thursday Next, #6) by Jasper Fforde
When the BookWorld teeters on the brink of a devastating genre war, only the diplomatic prowess of ace literary detective Thursday Next can secure peace. Yet a week before the peace talks, Thursday vanishes. Is she simply returning to the RealWorld, or has something sinister taken her? Now the written version of Thursday must chase the factual one, uncovering a fiendish plot that threatens the very existence of the BookWorld itself. A perilous journey up the powerful Metaphoric River offers the only hope of answers.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Fantasy/Urban Fantasy
Authors: Jasper Fforde
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