[J. W. Wells & Co. 05] • The Better Mousetrap

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

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

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 When is a door not a door? When it's a mousetrap.

A madcap comic fantasy from one of Britain's funniest writers.

Books by Tom

Walled Orchard Series

Goatsong

The Walled Orchard

J.W. Wells Co. Series

The Portable Door

In Your Dreams

Earth, Air, Fire and Custard

You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps

The Better Mousetrap

May Contain Traces of Magic

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sausages

YouSpace Series

Doughnut

When It's A Jar

The Outsorcerer's Apprentice

The Good, the Bad and the Smug

Novels

Expecting Someone Taller

Who's Afraid of Beowulf

Flying Dutch

Ye Gods!

Overtime

Here Comes the Sun

Grailblazers

Faust Among Equals

Odds and Gods

Djinn Rummy

My Hero

Paint your Dragon

Open Sesame

Wish you Were Here

Alexander at World's End

Only Human

Snow White and the Seven Samurai

Olympiad

Valhalla

Nothing But Blue Skies

Falling Sideways

Little People

Song for Nero

Meadowland

Barking

Blonde Bombshell

The Management Style of the Supreme Beings

An Orc on the Wild Side