The House Trap: the twisty new psychological thriller from the international million-copy bestseller
About this audiobook
A couple are hosting a dinner party in their brand new home. It's in the middle of the picturesque village they desperately wanted to move to and they're delighted. But it's not the first house they offered on; it's not the home they really set their hearts on. In that case, the owner refused their higher offer. The rejection hurt.
And, over the course of this dinner party, as they talk about the house that got away, curiosity gets the better of them. Who bought it? Why did the seller choose them? They decide to drive to the property to look at it again.
As they navigate the narrow country lanes in the dark, they're initially full of excitement. They can see the lights are on in the expensive, glass-fronted kitchen they loved so much. But horror awaits - for when they pull up outside and look more closely, they realise those inside have been murdered.
They should, of course, phone the police. But there was no logical reason to drive there. The security camera seems to be recording them. They've now put themselves into a criminal investigation they can't walk away from. What do they do next?
The gripping new thriller for the Queen of the Unguessable Mystery, for fans of Our House and The Family Upstairs.
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About the author
Sophie Hannah is a Sunday Times, New York Times and Amazon Kindle No. 1 bestselling author whose books have sold millions of copies and are published in 51 countries. She was the first person to write and publish new Hercule Poirot mysteries, at the request of Agatha Christie's family and estate. In 2023 she won the Dagger in the Library Award, and in 2013 she won the UK National Book Awards Crime Novel of the Year prize for her novel The Carrier. Sophie is also an award-winning poet whose work is studied at GCSE level across the UK, and has been shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. Her murder mystery musical, The Mystery of Mr E, was released as a feature film in 2023. Sophie is the founder and coach at Dream Author Coaching, and her recent self-help book about how to make brilliant decisions, The Double Best Method, was an Amazon top ten bestseller. Sophie lives with her husband, grown-up children and dog in Cambridge, where she is an honorary fellow of Lucy Cavendish College.
