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Trap Door

By: Dreda Say Mitchell
Narrated by: Sarah Borges
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100 years ago, young women were killed in this workplace. Is history about to repeat itself?

Rachel, a young woman in serious debt, needs to find a job fast before she’s made homeless. She gets a lucky break when she is offered a great position in a successful company. Then she discovers that the building was once a Victorian sweatshop with a tragic history. Is this why Rachel feels something increasingly sinister?

Soon her new job becomes a living nightmare. Rachel desperately wants out, but she has no other way of escaping her debts. She’s trapped. Then she makes a shocking discovery.

Haunted by the death of others, and with the present and past closing in, Rachel needs to discover the truth before she finds herself in grave danger …

What is really going on in her workplace? And can she ever escape her inner demons?

©2020 Dreda Say Mitchell (P)2020 Bolinda Publishing Genre Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction

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Critic reviews

‘As good as it gets.’ (Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author)
‘A truly original voice.’ (Peter James, author of the Roy Grace series)
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A story to hold your interest, but the reader let it down very badly disappointed.

Good story

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it wasn't a bad book but found the narrator irritating so was hard to concentrate

slow

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If you enjoy a true mystery then this is brilliant. Is our heroine mad or is she being manipulated? Who the hell knows until the end. I honestly thought I knew but it corkscrews around so many corners that I became as confused as she was. You will need to concentrate but that isn't a bad thing. Now I am off to try Spare Room for more confusion!

Loved it

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my biggest criticism is with the narration
I bought the Kindle book and audiobook. Sarah Borges is reading it. she irritated me so much I had to keep turning off and trying again. if you imagine, in a highly dramatic, atmospheric stage of any plot, the narrator steps up the breathy, dramatic delivery, you can ride with that and connect, following through to the point if relief. But this lady keeps that high pitched tension ALL the way through the book. from page one. it is exhausting. there are no shades in the delivery it's all on tiptoes. no contrast. no shock element.
The second criticism is of the writing. The author repeats herself far too much. "I threw my head back in a gasp" I looked down and felt my chin on my chest etc. all very good strategies in a thrilling story, but should not be repeated. ever!!
The story is good. the plot is good. what stands out in neon lights, is that the writer, though talented, is inexperienced and a bit self-indulgent. it does not deserve the praise it gets. with experience AND A GOOD EDITOR who knows what they are doing (I don't care who they are they, they did not edit this book as they should) she will be worthy.

Edit: I just tried again to listen to this book and I absolutely can't. The narrator is TERRIBLE. The rhythm is chaotic. She speeds up and slows down within a sentence, which would add to the drama, if used appropriately, but she does it in every sentence, on every line, in every paragraph.
I won't buy any book that she narrates.

don't bother with audio. read the book first

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Having read and enjoyed Spare Room, I was looking forward to seeing what Dreda Say Mitchell could come up with next. The answer is another creepy psychological thriller. Well, it started well and I was completely hooked. Rachel, in debt, finds a dream job with a great salary working for Michael. Then he asks her to work in the 'server room' which is in the basement and can only be accessed via a trap door. The book is definitely creepy, with a proper sense of dread, but then things fell apart a bit. The plot was so far fetched. I know that this is fiction, but there are limits! However, overall I did enjoy listening.

Sarah Borges did a good job with the narration.

Very unbelievable plot!

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A very enjoyable listen. Quite an unusual story where tension is palpable. Kept me guessing until the end. Excellent narration.

Intriguing story

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