Ice Trap

by Kitty Sewell

Book Overview

Surgeon Dafydd Woodruff's life is about to be blown apart by the arrival of shocking news. From deep in the remote sub-Arctic wilderness of Canada where he lived and worked fifteen years earlier he's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416539972
• ISBN13: 9781416539971
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Touchstone Books
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

A truly expat experience

I thoroughly enjoyed Kitty Sewell's first novel Ice Trap. I had been browsing in Barnes and Nobles and came across the "usual suspects" ie: books written by the same authors with nothing new and fresh except variations on a theme. I was really looking for something new and I found it! Ice Trap had all the elements of adventure, mystery and a diverse character population to satisfy this readers thirst for a new and interesting backdrop sprinkled with characters that don't conform to what we usually expect them to given their education and social standing. This first novel is the true "expat" experience. It represents people no longer constrained by their own usual cultural and social mores and who fall into the extreme lower parts of themselves. It was also interesting to taste a culture that few have ever read or witnessed. This was a really fun book to read and it begs for a sequel Mark S.

Loved this book!

THis book was a page turner from beginning to end. The dialogue was realistic and the characters were fascinatingly flawed. I loved the use of the arctic setting as well. I cannot wait for Blood Print, the next thriller due out by this author!

What a great read!

What a brilliantly exciting read. It appealed to me right from the start and I wasn't disappointed. It tells the story of a man who makes one mistake - but pays for another. Set in a Godforsaken Canadian town, it's about people who are living on the edge, and the traps they are prepared to set to snare others. Chilling, moving and so psychologically precise it makes your hair stand on end.

Excellent psychological thriller and International Book of the Month selection

The book's style may seem a little different. I think that you have to remember it is written by a swedish author who lives in Europe and some phrases and terms may translate a little differently than we are used to, but it shouldn't detract from the enjoyment of this wonderful suspense novel. The book is an excellent psychological thriller. You got very involved in the main character's plight. You can't wait to find out how, he says he never had sexual relations with the woman accusing him of being the father of her twins and then to have the DNA tests say he is the father. The book alternates between the present and the past. You just get caught up in the present and then you are taken to the past and you get equally caught up in that time period. And so it continues back and forth. It kept it fresh and exciting.