Time Stops for No Mouse
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Time Stops for No Mouse' is a great children's fiction mystery
book
written by Michael Hoeye
. The book was first published by Speak, a division of Penguin Putnam
. The 250-page book was originally published in 1999, and was a finalist for the Book Sense
"Book of the Year" award. It was reprinted in 2000 and 2002. Time Stops for No Mouse was the first in series of "The Hermux Tantamoq Adventures
", and it currently has three sequels, The Sands of Time
, No Time Like Show Time
and Time to Smell the Roses
-populated city of Pinchester lives Hermux Tantamoq, a watchmaker
. When the beautiful adventuress and aviatrix Linka Perflinger drops into his shop to have him fix her watch
, Hermux instantly falls in love. Then a shady-looking rat
comes to pick up the watch instead... and with a little investigating, Hermux is head over heels into a mystery involving curious kidnappings, murders, and the formula of Eternal Youth, while Dr. Mennus tries to stop Hermux to get the bottle of eternal youth.
Mystery fiction
Mystery fiction is a loosely-defined term.1.It is often used as a synonym for detective fiction or crime fiction— in other words a novel or short story in which a detective investigates and solves a crime mystery. Sometimes mystery books are nonfiction...
book
Book
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written by Michael Hoeye
Michael Hoeye
Michael Hoeye is the author of "The Hermux Tantamoq Adventures" series of children's fiction mystery novels - Time Stops for No Mouse, The Sands Of Time, No Time Like Show Time and the newest book in the series, Time to Smell the Roses. He and his wife, Martha, live in Oregon, U.S...
. The book was first published by Speak, a division of Penguin Putnam
G. P. Putnam's Sons
G. P. Putnam's Sons was a major United States book publisher based in New York City, New York. Since 1996, it has been an imprint of the Penguin Group.-History:...
. The 250-page book was originally published in 1999, and was a finalist for the Book Sense
Book Sense
Book Sense was a marketing and branding program of the American Booksellers Association, in which many independent bookstores across North America participated in order to better compete with the large book chains. Bookstores participating in the Book Sense program were expected to display the Book...
"Book of the Year" award. It was reprinted in 2000 and 2002. Time Stops for No Mouse was the first in series of "The Hermux Tantamoq Adventures
The Hermux Tantamoq Adventures
The Hermux Tantamoq Adventures are a series of children's novels by Michael Hoeye which follows the story of a watchmaker mouse named Hermux Tantamoq, who becomes a detective...
", and it currently has three sequels, The Sands of Time
The Sands of Time (Hoeye novel)
The Sands of Time is the second book in the Hermux Tantamoq series, created by Michael Hoeye. The Sands of Time is the second in a series beginning with Time Stops for No Mouse, followed by No Time Like Show Time, and Time to Smell the Roses...
, No Time Like Show Time
No Time Like Show Time
No Time Like Show Time is the third book in the Hermux Tantamoq series of books written by Michael Hoeye, which includes Time Stops for No Mouse,The Sands of Time, and Time to Smell the Roses.-Plot introduction:...
and Time to Smell the Roses
Plot summary
In the rodentRodent
Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
-populated city of Pinchester lives Hermux Tantamoq, a watchmaker
Watchmaker
A watchmaker is an artisan who makes and repairs watches. Since virtually all watches are now factory made, most modern watchmakers solely repair watches. However, originally they were master craftsmen who built watches, including all their parts, by hand...
. When the beautiful adventuress and aviatrix Linka Perflinger drops into his shop to have him fix her watch
Watch
A watch is a small timepiece, typically worn either on the wrist or attached on a chain and carried in a pocket, with wristwatches being the most common type of watch used today. They evolved in the 17th century from spring powered clocks, which appeared in the 15th century. The first watches were...
, Hermux instantly falls in love. Then a shady-looking rat
Rat
Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents of the superfamily Muroidea. "True rats" are members of the genus Rattus, the most important of which to humans are the black rat, Rattus rattus, and the brown rat, Rattus norvegicus...
comes to pick up the watch instead... and with a little investigating, Hermux is head over heels into a mystery involving curious kidnappings, murders, and the formula of Eternal Youth, while Dr. Mennus tries to stop Hermux to get the bottle of eternal youth.
Editions
- First published by the author as a two-volume set, spiral-bound card, in a limited edition of 1000
- ISBN 0-399-23878-6 (Hardcover)
- ISBN 0-698-11991-6 (Trade paper)