Trapped

by David McKeowen

Martin Hughes is a successful lawyer, but now more than anything he wants to win back the woman who left him. Viktor is also a lawyer, but he works as a cleaner. His happy life and career were destroyed in the former Yugoslavia, and now he is an illegal immigrant in London. His only consolation is provided by his little daughter, Suzana, and his girlfriend, Mila. But Mila has disappeared, and, meeting Martin by accident, the desperate Viktor begs him to help. Against his better judgment, Martin goes with Viktor to the police, and finds that this tentative step outside the boundaries of his comfortable existence has plunged him into an unknown world of trafficking, prostitution, violence and fraud. And it's too late to turn back...

Genres: Thriller

560 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Beverley · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't really enjoy this book. I found it overcomplicated, repetitive and unbelievable.

[Author Jolandi Stadler · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was darker and heavier than I expected. The premise is strong. Two men from very different worlds pulled into the same desperate situation. There is real emotional weight behind the choices they make. You can feel the pressure building around them, especially as the story moves deeper into moral grey areas. What worked for me was the sense of desperation. The fear feels grounded. The stakes feel real. There is a rawness to the way immigration, power, and vulnerability are handled that gives the story depth.

[Lauren]

I thought this was more entertaining than most of the movies I've watched in this genre. I really liked it and thought the way how all the different storylines clicked together was easy to understand. I don't normally read books in this genre so I was surprised that I liked it.

[Ann Tonks · Rating 3 out of 5]

A familiar world for the thriller writer with easter european criminals and everything from sex trafficking to cyber crime but with a hero who isn't too heroic and a story line that isn't too predictible. In other words, a thriller with some humanity.

[Peter Hunter · Rating 3 out of 5]

The ending felt rushed, otherwise excellent

[Valerie Robinson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Gave up with it