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The Snake Trap: Travis Delaney Investigates 3
Following a death-defying escape from the hands of a criminal overlord, young PI Travis Delaney thinks he might finally be getting closer to finding out who killed his parents, and why. But things are about to get a whole lot more deadly . . .
One moment Travis is trapped in an armed face-off in the offices of Delaney & Co, private investigators. The next terrorists have stormed the building and he's been abducted. Kept captive alongside Winston, the rogue security officer who Travis believes is responsible for his parents' death, Travis is quickly plagued by more questions than answers.
As the truth begins to emerge, Travis is faced with the ultimate dilemma: how do you choose between saving your own life or saving the life of someone you love?
348 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 2, 2015
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About the author
Kevin Brooks
75 books878 followersKevin Brooks was born in 1959 and grew up in Exeter, Devon, England. He studied Psychology and Philosophy at Birmingham, Aston University in 1980 and Cultural Studies in London in 1983. Kevin Brooks has been in a variety of jobs including: musician, gasoline station attendant, crematorium handyman, civil service clerk, hot dog vendor at the London Zoo, post office clerk, and railway ticket office clerk.
Kevin Brooks's writing career started with the publication of Martyn Pig in 2002 through The Chicken House which won the Branford Boase Award 2003 and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. He also wrote Lucas (2002) which was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and Booktrust Teenage Prize in 2003 also winning the North East Book Award in 2004.
In 2004 he published Kissing the Rain and Bloodline and I See You, Baby and Candy in 2005. In 2006 he published 3 books including: Johnny Delgado Series - Like Father, Like Son and Private Detective as well as The Road of the Dead; a standalone novel. In February 2008 he published the standalone book Black Rabbit Summer.
As a child, Kevin Brooks enjoyed reading detective novels. He writes most plots of the various books he has written around crime fiction. He likes mystery and suspence and enjoys putting both of those components into each and every story he writes in some shape or form.
Kevin Brooks's writing career started with the publication of Martyn Pig in 2002 through The Chicken House which won the Branford Boase Award 2003 and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. He also wrote Lucas (2002) which was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and Booktrust Teenage Prize in 2003 also winning the North East Book Award in 2004.
In 2004 he published Kissing the Rain and Bloodline and I See You, Baby and Candy in 2005. In 2006 he published 3 books including: Johnny Delgado Series - Like Father, Like Son and Private Detective as well as The Road of the Dead; a standalone novel. In February 2008 he published the standalone book Black Rabbit Summer.
As a child, Kevin Brooks enjoyed reading detective novels. He writes most plots of the various books he has written around crime fiction. He likes mystery and suspence and enjoys putting both of those components into each and every story he writes in some shape or form.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
October 19, 2023
3.5
Personally, I find this a sort of continuation of the 2nd book. This books leans more heavily in the terrorise side and does provide a “westerners” view of what they think terrorists are. The amount of secret, secret organisations does get confusing after a while but you can mostly grasp at the straws to get a good guess at who Belgians to who. The characters went more in depth in this book. If you liked the 1st or 2nd book then this is a must read.
Personally, I find this a sort of continuation of the 2nd book. This books leans more heavily in the terrorise side and does provide a “westerners” view of what they think terrorists are. The amount of secret, secret organisations does get confusing after a while but you can mostly grasp at the straws to get a good guess at who Belgians to who. The characters went more in depth in this book. If you liked the 1st or 2nd book then this is a must read.
February 9, 2019
Good but a bit steady at the start!
July 2, 2018
A gripping finale - difficult to put the book down! Great series and I really enjoyed the strong female characters.
June 7, 2025
Very disjointed from the other two books, mostly saved by the final 100 pages. However, altogether a good book
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July 24, 2025
Sehr eintönig und lang gezogenen. Viel gerede und unnötige Details. Gerne hätte ich für Issy eine Zukunft gesehen. Sie hat es ja überlebt. Wüsste gerne was mit ihr passiert ist.
February 19, 2016
Excellent novel in the Travis Delaney Investigates series. I'm not sure if Brooks is leaving this as a trilogy or will have new cases for Travis and co to investigate (I hope he will) but for this particular case, Brooks has tied up all loose endings and in the process has set up a world in which he can revisit, should he so wish.
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