J.W. Wells seemed to be a respectable establishment, but the company now paying Paul Carpenter’s salary is, in fact, a deeply sinister organization with a mighty peculiar management team. The third book to follow the hilarious adventures of Paul Carpenter - Tom Holt at his inventive best. Our love-struck hero is about to discover that custard is definitely in the eye of the beholder. Paul thought he was getting the hang of it—particularly when he fell head over heels for his strangely alluring colleague, Sophie—but death is never far away when you work at J.W. Wells. 2006. And that it really stings.