{"product_id":"the-better-mousetrap-9780316233064","title":"The Better Mousetrap","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA novel set in the magical offices of \u003ci\u003eThe Portable Door\u003c\/i\u003e, now a majorly fantastical film starring Christoph Waltz, Sam Neill, and Miranda Otto.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Tom Holt may be the most imaginative satirist to land on our shores since Douglas Adams.” — Christopher Moore, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe J.W. Wells \u0026amp; Co. Series:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Portable Door\u003cbr\u003e In Your Dreams\u003cbr\u003e Earth, Air, Fire and Custard\u003cbr\u003e You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps\u003cbr\u003e The Better Mousetrap\u003cbr\u003e May Contain Traces of Magic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eOther titles from Tom Holt:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Doughnut\u003cbr\u003e When It's A Jar\u003cbr\u003e The Outsorcerer's Apprentice\u003cbr\u003e The Good, the Bad and the Smug\u003cbr\u003e The Management Style of the Supreme Beings\u003cbr\u003e An Orc on the Wild Side\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eHolt Writing as K. J. Parker:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City\u003cbr\u003e How To Rule An Empire and Get Away With It\u003cbr\u003e A Practical Guide to Conquering the World \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Orbit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67896226676914,"sku":"9780316233064","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/7418\/0786\/files\/9780316233064.jpg?v=1793865694","url":"https:\/\/shop.hachettebookgroup.com\/products\/the-better-mousetrap-9780316233064","provider":"Hachette Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}