Trap Door

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From the award-winning author of Spare Room, a new job saves a young woman from money troubles, but her office holds a deadly secret.

One hundred years ago, twenty-two young women died in a fire on this site. Is history about to repeat itself...

Rachel, a young woman in serious debt, needs to find a job fast before shes made homeless. She gets a lucky break when she is offered a great position in a successful company. But something about the place doesnt feel right, and she discovers that the building was once a Victorian sweatshop with a tragic history.

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

Haunted by the death of others and as the present and past begin to close in, Rachel needs to find answers before she finds herself in grave danger...

Praise for International Bestselling Author Dreda Say Mitchell and Her Work

As good as it gets. Lee Child

A truly original voice. Peter James

Thrilling. Sunday Express Books of the Year

Awesome tale from a talented writer. The Sun (UK)

Fast-paced and full of twists and turns. Crime Scene Magazine

Dreda was awarded an MBE in Her Majesty the Queens 2020 New Years Honors List

Trap Door will appeal to readers of domestic noir, as well as fans of authors like Cara Hunter, Lisa Jewell, B. A. Paris, and Rachel Abbott.

Author Bio

Dreda Say Mitchell MBE is an award-winning, bestselling crime writer, broadcaster, campaigner, and journalist. Since her sixth book she has been co-writing with Tony Mason. She is the author of eleven novels, with her debut awarded The CWAs John Creasey Dagger. She has been a frequent guest on television and radio including Question Time, BBC Breakfast, Newsnight, Victoria Derbyshire, The Stephen Nolan Show, Front Row and Womans Hour and numerous others. She has presented Radio 4s Open Book. Dreda was named one of Britains 50 Remarkable Women by Lady Geek in association with Nokia. She was the 2011 chair of the Harrogate Crime Fiction Festival. Dreda and Tonys work is currently in development for TV. She was born and raised in the East End of London where she continues to live. Dreda was awarded an MBE in the 2020 Queens New Year Honours list for services to literature.