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'Holt is, as usual, absurd, funny, and light-handed enough with the completely ridiculous bits to keep the story moving, assuring that the reader doesn't actually notice how bizarre the story has become, or how tangled the mystery is, until it's nearly done.' - Booklist

'Uniquely twisted . . . cracking gags.' - Guardian

There are all kinds of products. The good ones. The bad ones. The ones that stay in the garage mouldering for years until your garden gnome makes a home out of them. Most are harmless if handled properly, even if they do contain traces of peanuts. But some are not. Not the ones that contain traces of magic.

Chris Popham wasn't paying enough attention when he talked to his SatNav. Sure, she gave him directions, never backtalked him, and always led him to his next spot on the map with perfect accuracy. She was the best thing in his life. So was it really his fault that he didn't start paying attention when she talked to him? In his defence, that was her job. But when 'Take the next right' turned into 'Excuse me,' that was when the real trouble started.

Because sometimes a SatNav isn't a SatNav. Sometimes it's an imprisoned soul trapped inside a metal box that will do anything it can to get free. And some products you just can't return.

Another slice of fantastic comic TOMfoolery.

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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

May Contain Traces Of Magic: J.W. Wells & Co.

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      Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
      Publication Date: 01/04/2010
      ISBN13: 9781841495064, 978-1841495064
      ISBN10: 1841495069
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      'Holt is, as usual, absurd, funny, and light-handed enough with the completely ridiculous bits to keep the story moving, assuring that the reader doesn't actually notice how bizarre the story has become, or how tangled the mystery is, until it's nearly done.' - Booklist

      'Uniquely twisted . . . cracking gags.' - Guardian

      There are all kinds of products. The good ones. The bad ones. The ones that stay in the garage mouldering for years until your garden gnome makes a home out of them. Most are harmless if handled properly, even if they do contain traces of peanuts. But some are not. Not the ones that contain traces of magic.

      Chris Popham wasn't paying enough attention when he talked to his SatNav. Sure, she gave him directions, never backtalked him, and always led him to his next spot on the map with perfect accuracy. She was the best thing in his life. So was it really his fault that he didn't start paying attention when she talked to him? In his defence, that was her job. But when 'Take the next right' turned into 'Excuse me,' that was when the real trouble started.

      Because sometimes a SatNav isn't a SatNav. Sometimes it's an imprisoned soul trapped inside a metal box that will do anything it can to get free. And some products you just can't return.

      Another slice of fantastic comic TOMfoolery.

      Books by Tom Holt:

      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

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