The Trap
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4.0 • 16 Ratings
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
The Trap by Melanie Raabe is set, and ready to spring.
I know you killed my sister.
I wrote this novel for you.
Twelve years ago, Linda's sister Anna was murdered. Her killer was never caught, but Linda saw him. Now, all these years on, she's just seen him again. On TV.
He has since become a well-known reporter, and Linda – a famous novelist and infamous recluse – knows no one will believe her if she accuses him, so she does the only thing she can think of: she writes a thriller about a woman who is murdered, her killer never caught. When the book is published, she agrees to give just one media interview. At home. To the one person who knows more about the case than she does.
He knows what happened that night and she wrote a book about it but, when the doorbell rings, neither of them can be sure how the story will end.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
We’ve been hearing great things from our European colleagues about this German thriller, now translated into English. Melanie Raabe’s debut novel paints a chilling portrait of Linda Conrads, a famous author who—traumatised by her younger sister’s death—hasn’t set foot outside of her opulent mansion for 12 years. While watching the TV news one day, Linda sees the man she witnessed violently attacking her sister and hatches a plan to make him pay for his crime. The Trap is brilliantly written story that had us glued to every word.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Linda Conrads, the narrator of German author Raabe's suspenseful if flawed first novel, hasn't left her home near Munich in the 11 years since the stabbing murder of her sister, Anna. She actually caught a glimpse of a man leaving the crime scene, and when she sees journalist Victor Lenzen on TV, she's certain that he's the man who killed Anna. Linda, who's a celebrity author, begins to plan a trap that involves a new novel based on the murder. Interviews with her are in high demand, so she arranges for Victor to interview her, but as Linda and Victor engage in cat-and-mouse exchanges, she often second-guesses herself. Victor seems to be exactly who he claims to be: a successful journalist who's certainly no killer. Excerpts from Linda's novel give insight into the events leading up to the crime. The tension rises, but the final revelation is a letdown that diminishes the otherwise taut storytelling.
