The Trap set in Ireland – Catherine Ryan Howard

Submitted: 16th August 2023

This is a fascinating read for so many reasons. It’s a darn good book – well written,pacy and immersive. It’s inspired by several real life cases the author read about and a series of cases that rocked Ireland to its core.

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Boarding Pass Information: Ireland

Author guide: Catherine Ryan Howard

Genre: thriller, crime fiction

Food and drink to accompany: nothing, you might be sick

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The writing is sharp, the research crisp, the background story disturbing and the whole package to be recommended!

There’s multiple points of view in this novel and that was a VERY effective way of telling the story, Women going missing and their families reaching out and trying to find them. Lucy Sullivan for example wants to find her sister so she puts herself in the firing line and acts as bait. The danger ramps up big time at this point as you’ve already been in the company of the killer.

Each voice is distinct but clear and chilling. The voice of the killer gave me goosebumps. I would be tempted to listen to this on audio but I’m not brave enough. He ‘s off out to hunt women despite having a normal family life at home.

This paragraph creeped me out….

”You women aren’t as trusting or naive as you once were, you see. Thanks to all those bloody documentaries and true-crime podcasts, you’ve wised up. You know now that men like me love to use your own sweet and generous nature against you, that we’ll rely on your manners and pleasantness and your being nice, and prey on your fear that the absolute worst thing someone could accuse you of is being a b****.”

The setting is Ireland, around Dublin as the author explains in her note at the end what inspired her to write this book. Don’t read this until after the novel itself as it gives some of the game away. Read this cold – your blood will go cold afterwards anyway so you might as well give yourself a head start…