The Better Mousetrap

By Tom Holt

Book Overview

'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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841495042
• ISBN13: 9781841495040
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Orbit UK
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 1.0" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Very imaginative, funny tale

This is the second book by Tom Holt that I have read. The first was "Falling Sideways" and I'm grateful that the plot of this one was easier to keep track of. Frank Carpenter owns a portable door and goes about his life zipping through time and space at will, occasionally making millions of dollars working for an insurance company. Frank is sent to prevent the death of (and therefore payout of life insurance for) a pest control worker (dragonslayer) named Emily Spitzer (I'm not sure why the Product Description says her name is Jane) who doesn't seem to have much luck staying alive, no matter how many times he goes back to save her. From there the story becomes interesting, with lots of laugh-out-loud punchlines involving big business, Americans, and true love. The ending seems a bit rushed and thrown together, but that's fine since the story as a whole is paced well and keeps you guessing. I keep mentally comparing Tom Holt to Douglas Adams, and I think fans of DNA will appreciate this author. Thumbs up!