lizzillia 's review for:

The Wasp Trap by Mark Edwards

5.0

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Wow what a read. A locked in thriller. Secrets. Murder. Two timelines. What is there not to love? In 1999 6 people joined Professor Sebastain Marlow to create adapting app that would change the world. Now, r after the death of the Professor, these 6 meet again, for the first time in 25 years, for a dinner in his memory. But this is not a cosy dinner going over old memories, instead this becomes a matter of life and death as they are held at gunpoint and made to reveal their darkest secrets. I was totally hooked. There was even a nod to Traitors which I really appreciated. The first few pages were slow burn and then … The two timelines where we switch from the present back to 1999 fill in some of the questions that this entire plot raises, but it doesn’t answer them all. Nothing was what it seemed. I was kept guessing - what is the secret? Who has it? The suspense did not let up, the feeling of unease was constant and then there were twists I never saw coming as the truth was slowly unravelled. As for the ending - I wasn’t expecting that! An excellent read.