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The Better Mousetrap: J.W. Wells & Co. Book 5

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

The Better Mousetrap: J.W. Wells & Co. Book 5

Contributors:

By (Author) Tom Holt

ISBN:

9781841495040

Publisher:

Little, Brown Book Group

Imprint:

Orbit

Publication Date:

1st July 2009

UK Publication Date:

7th May 2009

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

Comic (humorous) fantasy
Satirical fiction and parodies

Dewey:

823.914

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

384

Dimensions:

Width 130mm, Height 196mm, Spine 28mm

Weight:

300g

Description

It touches all our lives; our triumphs and tragedies, our proudest achievements, our most traumatic disasters. Alloyed of love and fear, death and fire and the inscrutable acts of the gods, insurance is indeed the force that binds the universe together.

Hardly surprising, therefore, that Frank Carpenter, one of the foremost magical practitioners of our age, felt himself irresistibly drawn to it. Until, that is, he met Jane, a high-flying corporate heroine with an annoying habit of falling out of trees and getting killed. Repeatedly.

It's not long before Frank and Jane find themselves face to face with the greatest enigma of our times: When is a door not a door When it's a mousetrap.

Reviews

Inventively entertaining ...make you both laugh out loud and stop and think - SFX

Tom Holt's comic fantasy is a great, uplifting read, fit to grace any reader's book collection - Waterstone's Books Quarterly

Highly amusing ... Eloquently snarky prose - Publishers Weekly

Holt's quirky characters and whimsical voice successfully infuse life into this entertaining romantic comedy - Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

Tom Holt is the author of more than twenty comic fantasy novels and a number of acclaimed historical novels.

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