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The Trap
- Author
- Catherine Ryan Howard
- Narrator
- various
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Publish Date
- 3 August 2023
- Run Time
- 9 hours 3 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
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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
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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
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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
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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
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As brain-teasing as it is gripping . . . [a] psychologically dazzling novel
Sunday Times - Thriller of the Month
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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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Elegant and twisty, it lingers in the memory
Daily Mail
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Dark and witty and clever. An original and highly gripping read, I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. Catherine Ryan Howard has a deliciously dark imagination and always tells a good tale.
Alice Feeney, author of DAISY DARKER
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A propulsive thriller about a sister desperately trying to find her missing sibling. Twist after twist - left me simultaneously reeling and wanting more!
Sarah Pearse, author of THE SANATORIUM
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Howard has a sly gift for misdirection . . . Again and again, you'll blithely follow her down the wrong path
New York Times
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I was absolutely blown sideways by the twist . . . A white-knuckle ride of a serial killer thriller. A corker of a read.
Observer
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Details
- Author
- Catherine Ryan Howard
- Narrator
- various
- Duration
- 9 hours 3 minutes
- Release Date
- 3 August 2023
- ISBN
- 9781529909678
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Genre
- Psychological thriller, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives, Family life fiction / Stories about family
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.'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
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