▁can ▁solve ▁cases ▁through ▁the ▁t ini est ▁of ▁cl ues . ▁Later , ▁however , ▁he ▁is ▁exposed ▁as ▁a ▁fra ud ▁by ▁Jack . ▁William ▁W ink ie : ▁The ▁nar cole ptic ▁neighbour ▁of ▁Hum pty ▁Dum pty . ▁He ▁black ma iled ▁the ▁k iller ▁and ▁was ▁killed . ▁Hum pty ▁Dum pty : ▁A ▁giant ▁egg . ▁He ▁had ▁many ▁mar ri ages ▁and ▁divor ces . ▁He ▁was ▁murder ed ▁in ▁his ▁garden . ▁Mrs . ▁Hub b ard : ▁The ▁owner ▁of ▁the ▁board ing ▁house ▁where ▁Hum pty ▁Dum pty ▁lived . ▁ ▁Release ▁details ▁ 1 1 ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁H od der ▁& ▁St ought on ▁Ltd , ▁, ▁hard back ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁Review ing ▁the ▁book ▁for ▁UK ▁Sunday ▁newspaper ▁The ▁Ob server , ▁Peter ▁Gut tr idge ▁began ▁by ▁writing , ▁" I ' m ▁not ▁sure ▁what ▁it ▁says ▁about ▁the ▁mystery ▁genre ▁that ▁pretty ▁much ▁the ▁only ▁unf la wed , ▁un tr ouble d , ▁mor ally ▁un ambigu ous ▁polic eman ▁around ▁is ▁a ▁nur ser y ▁rh yme ▁character ". ▁He ▁added , ▁" Now ▁hum our ▁is ▁not or iously ▁subject ive ▁[ … ]. ▁And , ▁indeed , ▁when ▁F for de ▁wrote ▁the ▁first ▁version ▁of ▁this ▁novel ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁- ▁he ▁called ▁it ▁Who ▁Kil led ▁Hum pty ▁Dum pty ? ▁- ▁it ▁was ▁rejected ▁by ▁every ▁publish er ▁he ▁sent ▁it