The Better Mousetrap - Tom Holt

n'Tom Holt's comic fantasy is a great, uplifting read, fit to grace any reader's book collection' - Waterstones Books Quarterly n n'Holt's quirky characters and whimsical voice successfully infuse life into this entertaining romantic comedy' - Publishers Weekly n nIt 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. n nHardly 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. n nIt'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. n nA madcap comic fantasy from one of Britain's funniest writers. n nBooks by Tom Holt: n nWalled Orchard Series nGoatsong nThe Walled Orchard n nJ.W.

Wells & Co. Series nThe Portable Door nIn Your Dreams nEarth, Air, Fire and Custard nYou Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps nThe Better Mousetrap nMay Contain Traces of Magic nLife, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sausages n nYouSpace Series nDoughnut nWhen It's A Jar nThe Outsorcerer's Apprentice nThe Good, the Bad and the Smug n nNovels nExpecting Someone Taller nWho's Afraid of Beowulf nFlying Dutch nYe Gods! nOvertime nHere Comes the Sun nGrailblazers nFaust Among Equals nOdds and Gods nDjinn Rummy nMy Hero nPaint your Dragon nOpen Sesame nWish you Were Here nAlexander at World's End nOnly Human nSnow White and the Seven Samurai nOlympiad nValhalla nNothing But Blue Skies nFalling Sideways nLittle People nSong for Nero nMeadowland nBarking nBlonde Bombshell nThe Management Style of the Supreme Beings nAn Orc on the Wild Siden