{"id":2392,"date":"2025-11-23T19:32:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T19:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bookwormandtheatremouse.co.uk\/?p=2392"},"modified":"2025-11-23T19:32:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T19:32:16","slug":"the-wasp-trap-by-mark-edwards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bookwormandtheatremouse.co.uk\/?p=2392","title":{"rendered":"The Wasp Trap by Mark Edwards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This year, I discovered the books of Mark Edwards. After attending an event where he interviewed Jo Callaghan, I read ‘The Psychopath Next Door<\/a>‘ and loved it, so I knew I had to give his new book ‘The Wasp Trap’ a go. I was inspired to pick it up this month because I had spotted a few others reading it and loving it, so I knew it was time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spoiler alert, I loved it. In fact, as I was reading it, I could see it as a TV drama. There was so much going on, and so many fascinating characters, I absolutely could not put it down. It is perfect reading for these darks months, as it is a real page-turner of a thriller – it is like Traitors, but far more sinister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This book has some of the best ingredients of a thriller. A locked room (well a locked house), a set of characters who do not seem to make a whole lot of sense together, but have a shared and complex past and more than one mystery going on. I really enjoyed that we moved between the present and the past as the story unfolded and, of course, how nothing was quite how it seemed. There were twists and turns a plenty, and a good build-up of paranoia for some of our characters, which probably throws the reader off the scent of the real revelation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I stayed up past my bedtime to finish this book, so to me that is always the best recommendation you can give about a book, as it means it is one that really grips you. I was desperate to know what the solution was going to be to the tale and it did not disappoint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, if you are looking for a gripping thriller, for yourself or as you are doing your Christmas shopping (because, let’s be honest, it is that time of year), then this is a book that you need to add to the list. Although there is also a Christmas book from Mark Edwards this year – ‘The Christmas Magpie’ – which I have to admit is on my reading list for the December months, because I just know it is going to a great read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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