Catherine Ryan Howard The Trap

'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 Chosen as Sunday Time's Thriller of the Month and as one of the 12 best thrillers of 2023 by The Times 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 '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 ** Don't miss Catherine Ryan Howard's 56 DAYS , coming soon to Amazon Prime Video! ** The Trap was an instant Irish Times bestseller and a Sunday Times Thriller of the Year