'Dark, creepy and very clever, The Trap will lure you in and keep you captive until the very last page' - C L TAYLOR
‘Elegant and twisty, it lingers in the memory’ – Daily Mail
'Topical, twisty, and with a real heart stopper of a moment halfway in that'll make you turn the lights back on' - GILLIAN MCALLISTER
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?
Inspired by a series of still-unsolved disappearances, The Trap is the startlingly original new thriller from internationally bestselling author Catherine Ryan Howard.
‘As brain-teasing as it is gripping . . . [a] psychologically dazzling novel' - Sunday Times Thriller of the Month and chosen as one of the 12 best thrillers of 2023 by The Times
'Dark and witty and clever. An original and highly gripping read, I couldn't turn the pages fast enough' - Alice Feeney
'Howard has a sly gift for misdirection . . . Again and again, you'll blithely follow her down the wrong path' - New York Times
'A breakneck thriller with so many twists and turns that your head will spin. I absolutely tore through The Trap' - Holly Seddon
The Trap was an instant Irish Times bestseller and a Sunday Times Thriller of the Year
Genre: Mystery
‘Elegant and twisty, it lingers in the memory’ – Daily Mail
'Topical, twisty, and with a real heart stopper of a moment halfway in that'll make you turn the lights back on' - GILLIAN MCALLISTER
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?
Inspired by a series of still-unsolved disappearances, The Trap is the startlingly original new thriller from internationally bestselling author Catherine Ryan Howard.
‘As brain-teasing as it is gripping . . . [a] psychologically dazzling novel' - Sunday Times Thriller of the Month and chosen as one of the 12 best thrillers of 2023 by The Times
'Dark and witty and clever. An original and highly gripping read, I couldn't turn the pages fast enough' - Alice Feeney
'Howard has a sly gift for misdirection . . . Again and again, you'll blithely follow her down the wrong path' - New York Times
'A breakneck thriller with so many twists and turns that your head will spin. I absolutely tore through The Trap' - Holly Seddon
The Trap was an instant Irish Times bestseller and a Sunday Times Thriller of the Year
Genre: Mystery
Praise for this book
"The Queen of high-concept crime fiction." - Jane Casey
"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
"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
"Topical, twisty, and with a real heart stopper of a moment halfway in that'll make you turn the lights back on." - Gillian McAllister
"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
"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
"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
"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
"Topical, twisty, and with a real heart stopper of a moment halfway in that'll make you turn the lights back on." - Gillian McAllister
"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
"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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