The secret of my success: a mail room boy tries to climb the corporate ladder by posing as an executive. For love or money: A concierge finds trouble when he falls in love with the mistress of one of his financial backers. The hard way: A movie star and a hard-boiled detective join forces to find a killer. Career opportunities: A small-town hustler is locked inside a store with a beautiful, wealthy woman. Casual sex?: Two women embark on a quest...

The BookWorld's leading enforcement officer, Thursday Next, has been forced into a semiretirement following an assassination attempt, returning home to Swindon and her family to recuperate. But Thursday's children have problems that demand she become a mother of invention: Friday's career struggles in the Chronoguard, where he is relegated to a might-have-been; Tuesday's trouble perfecting the Anti-Smote shield, needed in time to thwart an angry Deity's...