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The Better Mousetrap by Tom Holt

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Book synopsis (The back of the book says)

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.

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What critics have said

`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
`Funny and intriguingly complex - a difficult juggling act that Holt carries off with aplomb'
-- Kirkus Reviews

Quotes from The Better Mousetrap

Just when you've squared up to the solemn realisation that life is a bitch, it turns round and does something nice, just to confuse you.

The Better Mousetrap by Tom Holt

Book synopsis (The back of the book says)

What critics have said

Quotes from The Better Mousetrap

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