TIME STOPS FOR NO MOUSE

The Hermux Tantamoq Adventures: TIME STOPS FOR NO MOUSE (1999) - THE SANDS OF TIME (2001) - NO TIME LIKE SHOW TIME (2004) - TIME TO SMELL THE ROSES (2007)

TIME STOPS FOR NO MOUSE: Young adult / Adult crossover, fantasy-cum-noir thriller series. This self-published book has sold nearly 25'000 copies and will be published as a hardcover reprint by Putnam in the US and Puffin in the UK. The US deal is for three books, while at least five are projected. - From the cover of the self-published edition: "On the surface the city of Pinchester is much like any other ordinary metropolis inhabited by hard-working mice, rats, minks and moles. And Hermux Tantamoq is much like any other ordinary, hard-working mouse/watchmaker. But when spunky aviatrix Linka Perflinger walks into his shop, it's obvious that she is anything but ordinary. After her mysterious disappearance, Hermux sets out to find her. Before long he is entangled in the convoluted schemes of an eccentric cosmetics tycoon, a sinister plastic surgeon and a squad of ruthless lab rats. Hermux is caught up in a deadly ace against time. And he realizes only too late that...Time Stops for No Mouse. (Rated: Not too scary.)

IM WETTLAUF MIT DER ZEIT
Deutsch von Katharina Orgass und Gerald Jung
[HC: cbj, 01/02]