Hello and I’m delighted to be opening the blogtour for The Trap by Ava Glass. Thanks so much to Penguin Books for the invite and for my digital copy via the NetGalley App. Before I share my review here’s what the book is all about:

The Trap by Ava Glass“How far would you go to catch a killer?

This is the question UK agent Emma Makepeace must ask herself when she is sent to Edinburgh for the upcoming global G7 Summit.

The Russians are in town and Emma and her team know a high-profile assassination is being planned.

But who is their target?

There is only one way to find out. Emma must set a trap using herself as bait.

As the most powerful leaders in the world arrive and the city becomes gridlocked, Emma knows the clock is ticking.” 

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My Review

I absolutely loved  The Chase and The Traitor, the first two books in this series, so was thrilled to be invited to join the blogtour for this latest book.

As the above synopsis mentions, Emma, who works for a secret government department, is in Edinburgh for the G7 summit, to stop an assassination by a very high profile Russian agent. She doesn’t know who’s been targeted, so needs to find out ASAP!

Emma doesn’t know Edinburgh at all, so needs a guide. She’s paired up with Kate Mackenzie, a member of the drugs squad who would much rather be catching criminals that being a travel guide to a spook! Needless to say Emma and Kate don’t get on, until things take a very interesting turn.

My goodness this book was tense, but so good, just like the previous books. Once again I loved Emma and I also loved Kate Mackenzie, she was a great addition to the team, trying to catch the assassin. I loved the way the trap was set, and enjoyed the twists and turns that inevitably came, and didn’t want to stop reading when real life threatened to interrupt.

I’m not saying any more as I’ll definitely spoil it for you, except that Ava Glass has written another fantastic book in this favourite series of mine. I hope there are many more books to come!

Highly recommended if you enjoy fast paced spy thrillers!

Book 10 of 20 Books of Summer 2024