{"product_id":"dark-reading-matter-the-last-thursday-next-novel","title":"Dark Reading Matter : The Last Thursday Next novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eSigned limited independent bookshop edition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished 15th October 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe final novel in the highly acclaimed and beloved Thursday Next series. Will Thursday find her happy ending?Swindon-based Literary Detective Thursday Next is embarking on her eighth and final adventure: 'Dark Reading Matter' and she is well aware of the fact. The problem is, others are too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOld foes and new are plotting a terrible revenge: To disrupt the narrative and make Dark Reading Matter not just unreadable but unpublishable. Thursday can't let that happen and needs to use all her guile and narrative trickery to unmask the antagonists and guide the series to a satisfactory conclusion. It won't be easy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Martians have broken out of their HG Wells novel and threaten both the real world and the Bookworld. Agents from a higher reality want unfettered access to the Dark Reading Matter, the realm where deleted books and unrealised literary ideas end up. A Gateway to Hell has opened up at Wantage's Shakesmania, the nation's second to worst Shakespeare theme park and the cosy world of Enid Blyton has been hi-jacked by Ultra Right Wing Nationalists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith Reality Field Distortion experiments going haywire, a partially redacted donkey, a Bookworld on the brink of losing its imaginative energy to Big Tech and a murderous stamp collector with Philaticide on their mind, Thursday has to navigate a tightrope of borderline unusable narrative devices to bring the series to a satisfactory conclusion. It's a tall order, but Thursday has a secret weapon: Her own adaptability, her husband Landen, a host of stalwart friends and ultimately the most loyal compatriots she can call upon: Her readers. 'Hugely funny and gloriously imaginative' Daily Express'Fans of the late Douglas Adams, or, even, Monty Python, will feel at home with Fforde' Herald\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chepstow Books \u0026 Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57741407519094,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1208\/4146\/files\/44054d72-d622-488e-82c3-3e3bc1e60746.jpg?v=1777037200","url":"https:\/\/chepstowbooks.co.uk\/products\/dark-reading-matter-the-last-thursday-next-novel","provider":"Chepstow Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}