The Trap

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'You'd think they'd do something about the taxi shortage,' he says. 'Especially with the missing women.'

Stranded on a dark road in the middle of the night, a young woman accepts a lift from a passing stranger. It's the nightmare scenario that every girl is warned about, and she knows the dangers all too well - but what other choice does she have?

As they drive, she alternates between fear and relief - one moment thinking he is just a good man doing a good thing, the next convinced he's a monster. But when he delivers her safely to her destination, she realizes her fears were unfounded.

And her heart sinks. Because a monster is what she's looking for.

She'll try again tomorrow night. But will the man who took her sister take the bait?

©2023 Catherine Ryan Howard (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Critics Review

Topical, twisty, and with a real heart stopper of a moment halfway in that’ll make you turn the lights back on.

Gillian McAllister, author of WRONG PLACE WRONG TIME

Everything a thriller should be: clever, page-tearing, devastating. Catherine Ryan Howard makes you feel for her characters so much, whether you love them or absolutely loathe them. It’s impossible to stop reading – or to stop thinking about THE TRAP, long after you’re done

Abigail Dean, author of GIRL A

Dark, creepy and very clever, The Trap will lure you in and keep you captive until the very last page. Catherine Ryan Howard is the Queen of the Unguessable Twist

C L Taylor

As brain-teasing as it is gripping . . . [a] psychologically dazzling novel

Sunday Times - Thriller of the Month

The Trap is everything you want in a book – breathless pace, clever plot, addictive characters, and very pertinent social commentary on how victims are judged. Whip smart, utterly absorbing, and unputdownable

Andrea Mara, author of ALL HER FAULT

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