The Honey Trap, Patrick Sheane Duncan
The Honey Trap, Patrick Sheane Duncan
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The Honey Trap

Author: Patrick Sheane Duncan

Narrator: Felicia Day, Sean Duregger

Unabridged: 7 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/12/2022


Synopsis

Twentysomething Pru seems like a girl on the straight and narrow. She takes in stray and abused animals and is studying to be a veterinarian. But college is so expensive these days, so she has to work her way using her talents as a conwoman. Fleecing dirty old men, using the dark web, and a variation on that old swindle, the Honey Trap.
Luring the potential pedophiles online with her youthful look, she meets and drugs them, taking their valuables and selling them on the Los Angeles black market. It's a living; buys kibble, and pays tuition. Besides, she figures this is what the bastards get for trying to have sex with underage girls. Right? Right.
But then one of the suckers turns out to be a fellow predator, of the most heinous kind.
During the ill-fated encounter, a serial killer turns the tables on Pru and nearly adds her to his collection of young female victims, tortured and then killed. She is barely able to escape. But this deadly experience is not over. The killer, now that he has met her, is a fan. Somehow he sees Pru as a fellow traveler and wants her to witness his next murderous plan, step by step.
Pru tries to evade the twisted courtship, but when she refuses, the killer takes the game to her doorstep—with deadly results. Pru now has to take down this cold-blooded enemy on her own. Using every trick she has learned on the mean streets she goes after him. At the same time she is forced to dredge up a host of dark, long-buried secrets of her own.

About Patrick Sheane Duncan

Patrick Sheane Duncan is the author of several books and the writer and director of the critically acclaimed feature film 84 Charlie MoPic and the award-winning screenwriter of Mr. Holland’s Opus, Courage under Fire, and Nick of Time. He is the producer of the HBO series Vietnam War Story and cowriter and director of the television documentary series Medal of Honor.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Laurie on December 11, 2021

This book has a great hook! Con artist, Pru, has a website to set up "dates" when she gets to their hotel room she slips them a roofie and robs them blind. But she's the heroine! One date turns out to be a serial killer with his own bad intentions. She is able to get the upper hand but he won't let......more

Goodreads review by Leigh on February 14, 2023

Started off slow but I got sucked in pretty much about 15 minutes in. Fell in love with Pru and really loved her as a badass woman she was. Highly recommend.......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on October 23, 2021

I really struggle with anything remotely resembling animal abuse, so there were parts of this book that were hard for me to read. Overall I liked the premise but I thought that it was going to be more of Pru trying to find the killer/stop him from killing again but that ended up being pretty straigh......more

Goodreads review by Teresa on April 08, 2022

Well done, Patrick Sheane Duncan! I have not read this author before so I had no clue how great a ride The Honey Trap would be. Prudence is a young, street smart woman, taught by a school of hard knocks, heartache, and an older woman, Rochelle, who took her under her wing and taught her a trade. Alb......more

Goodreads review by Jalia on December 23, 2021

Omg, what a wild ride of a book. Pru is a young woman with a sad past who is working towards a better future. While taking classes to become a veterinarian, she runs several cons to make ends meet. With her best friend and mentor Rochelle helping her, she is pretty successful until she tries to con......more