AudioFile
The clarity of the voices and the perfection of the audio itself make it a pleasure to hear. Alana Kerr Collins’s lilting Irish brogue is a treasure…John Keating’s performance of the male point of view is just as cold and calculating as the villain he portrays.”
internationally bestselling author of My Lovely Wi Samantha Downing
It’s no surprise Catherine Ryan Howard has done it again. I’m always amazed and flabbergasted by her books, and The Trap is no exception. Howard’s creativity knows no bounds, and neither do her twists! I dare you to figure this one out.”
Edgar Award–winning author of Northern Spy a Flynn Berry
Catherine Ryan Howard always delivers, and The Trap might be her most electrifying thriller yet. Told by a victim, a relative, an investigator, and a killer, The Trap takes a classic crime story and twists it into something vast, emotional, and absolutely terrifying.”
bestselling author of All Is Not Forgotten Wendy Walker
This one will chill you to the bone! The Trap is a taut police procedural, psychological thriller, and family drama crafted into one brilliant, breathless thrill ride. This might be my favorite Catherine Ryan Howard novel yet!”
author of The Club Ellery Lloyd
Dark, gripping, and terrifying with a killer final twist in the blistering, head-spinning final pages. Utterly brilliant!”
Bookreporter
Not only does [Howard] bring the spirit of those cold cases to the forefront of her story, she adds her own unique spin on how it might have happened and who could have been behind these kidnappings.”
New York Times Book Review
Howard, the author of the wonderful 56 Days…has sentences that unspool like silk and a sly gift for misdirection…Again and again, you’ll blithely follow her down the wrong path.”
bestselling author of Dirty Little Secrets Jo Spain
A skillful, compelling read. I absolutely loved it.”
internationally bestselling author of The Woman on Holly Seddon
A breakneck thriller with so many twists and turns that your head will spin. I absolutely tore through The Trap.”
author of Breaking Amanda Cassidy
Intelligent, terse, and propulsive, The Trap is a headlock of a book that refuses to let you go until you find out what happened. And when you do, it will blow your socks off. Prepare to be ensnared in Catherine Ryan Howard’s very clever (but equally sinister) net.”
author of Your Closest Friend Karen Perry
Catherine Ryan Howard is a gifted storyteller and The Trap is her best book yet. From the dramatic opening chapter right the way through the twists and turns of this cleverly-plotted novel, the tension never lets up. Sinister, compelling, utterly addictive, this is heart-in-mouth stuff. Crime writing at its very best.”
BookBrunch
Add it to your must-buy lists, because it is fantastic…Howard’s books really stand out as some of the absolute best, with clever plotting, interesting and often funny characters, and excellent twists. A real treat for anyone who loves an atmospheric thriller.”
New York Times bestselling author Gillian McAllister
Topical, twisty, and with a real heart-stopper of a moment halfway in that’ll make you turn the lights back on.”
bestselling author of Remember My Name Sam Blake
A taut, gripping page-turner. Catherine Ryan Howard at her dark and disturbing best.”
author of The Hunting Wives May Cobb
Catherine Ryan Howard is an absolute master of suspense and her latest thriller, The Trap, is an utter triumph! Pulse-pounding, heart-wrenching, with razor-sharp commentary and twist after ingenious twist, I raced through this suspense, desperate to find out what was going to happen next. And my mind was blown when I did! A must-read for summer.”
The Guardian (London)
A white-knuckle ride of a serial-killer thriller.”
Sunday Times bestselling author C. L. Taylor
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.”
author of Girl A Abigail Dean
“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.”
author of The Quiet Tenant Clémence Michallon
The Trap is an irresistibly suspenseful, heart-pounding read, full of perfectly executed twists. I never wanted to stop turning the pages. It has everything anyone could possibly want in a thriller.”
New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Darker Alice Feeney
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.”
author of The Ugly Truth L. C. North
A heart-in-your-mouth, punch-you-in-the-gut, gripping thriller. Everything you’d expect from a Ryan Howard read. Chilling, page-turning, and shocking! This book will leave you breathless, terrified, and desperate for more.”
author of All Her Fault Andrea Mara
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.”
Library Journal
07/21/2023
Howard's propulsive new thriller (after Run Time) is inspired by a spate of unsolved disappearances in Ireland in the 1990s. The author examines the devastating effects of "not knowing" for the families of disappeared women. Lucy O'Sullivan's sister Nicki left a Dublin pub a year earlier and never came home. Every waking moment of Lucy's life since is an obsessive and reckless drive to "trap" the killer and find out what happened to Nicki, as well as three other women who the Irish police believe are connected. Lucy makes herself into bait on dark, lonesome roads to attract the women's killer and gain the dangerous knowledge that could potentially make her his next victim. Meanwhile, Angela Fitzgerald—a civilian working for the Missing Persons Unit—comes into possession of a bloody clue that hints at a fifth victim. She teams up with detective Denise Pope to find answers, hoping that her instincts will earn her a spot with the An Garda Síochána, the Irish police force. VERDICT This scary, twisting, and psychologically incisive commentary on the recent increase in missing and murdered women in Ireland will leave readers guessing until the gut-punching reveal.—Peggy Kurkowski
SEPTEMBER 2023 -- AudioFile
The case of a missing woman who is presumed dead haunts her sister, Lucy, who knows in her heart that her sister is alive . . . somewhere. Convincing the police in Ireland is another matter. The production beauty of this audiobook is staggering. The clarity of the voices and the perfection of the audio itself make it a pleasure to hear. Alana Kerr Collins's lilting Irish brogue is a treasure, even if the subject matter of the story is disconcerting. In contrast, John Keating's performance of the male point of view is just as cold and calculating as the villain he portrays. The writing runs on a bit but, overall, is worth listening to as Lucy finally persuades a civilian police worker to take another look at the case. From there, everything spirals out of control. M.S. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine