Published: Jan. 05, 2011
Words: 81,557 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9780986845505

Short description

When a former neighbour falls eight stories to her death in the snow, Julia Henry finds that though her family may have escaped the rent trap, curiosity has drawn a predator home. Now the only way Julia might live to see spring is to expose the wrenching truth behind the girl's death, a series of rapes and the strangest absentee landlord ever.

Extended description

When a former neighbour plunges eight stories to her death in the snow, Julia Henry is convinced her previous landlords harassed the woman to suicide. But as she investigates, another dead girl turns up – with a connection to a series of rapes.

Julia and her husband put as much distance as they could afford between them and the landlords who put them through hell, and stories from humiliated tenants match Julia's own. She's determined to prove their tactics resulted in tragedy.

But the half-empty building is hemorrhaging tenants, the girl's boyfriend comes complete with a wife and daughter, and the best friend overdosed days after giving police their only description of a serial predator.


Now it seems someone wants Julia buried under the heaviest blizzard in thirty years, and one of her daughters is targeted for a brutal attack steps from home. The only way she can protect her girls and still live to see the snow melt is to expose the wrenching truth behind the rapes, the .. (Read more) When a former neighbour plunges eight stories to her death in the snow, Julia Henry is convinced her previous landlords harassed the woman to suicide. But as she investigates, another dead girl turns up – with a connection to a series of rapes.

Julia and her husband put as much distance as they could afford between them and the landlords who put them through hell, and stories from humiliated tenants match Julia's own. She's determined to prove their tactics resulted in tragedy.

But the half-empty building is hemorrhaging tenants, the girl's boyfriend comes complete with a wife and daughter, and the best friend overdosed days after giving police their only description of a serial predator.


Now it seems someone wants Julia buried under the heaviest blizzard in thirty years, and one of her daughters is targeted for a brutal attack steps from home. The only way she can protect her girls and still live to see the snow melt is to expose the wrenching truth behind the rapes, the deaths, and the strangest absentee landlord ever.
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Tags

crime, suspense, murder, mystery, death, amateur detective, canada, woman sleuth, small town, amateur sleuth, winter, knitting, cold, quebec, malice

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Review by: Gloria Antypowich on Feb. 05, 2012 :
Can I give it 4 1/2 stars?

I thoroughly enjoyed The Ophelia Trap. Kate Burns writing grabbed me with the first page and held me right until the end.

Julia Henry is independent and strong willed. She has witnessed a death of a young woman she barely knows, but she is driven to find out what really happened.

This story is full of twists and turns, a glimpse of paranormal, deceit, murder, lies and depravity and deep and painful secrets that change lives when they are revealed. I loved the way Kate Burns let the story line unfold and I didn`t foresee the way it played out until it was happening.

I also enjoyed the little bits of community and history that she included in the book. For me it added to the color and rounded out the story

This is a great read for anyone who enjoys a mystery, with a bit of danger and a heroine who is determined to solve it. I am looking forward to Kate Burns next book!
(reviewed the day of purchase)

Review by: Jane Schneider on March 01, 2011 : (no rating)
I have not read this book yet. When I d,o I will write a review.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Elissa on Feb. 17, 2011 :
I loved this book! I was amazed at how quickly I was gripped and how much I cared about the characters. This book was absolutely enjoyable. I couldn't put it down! Looking forward to reading the next book that comes out from Kate Burns!:)
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Marcia Schlegel on Feb. 11, 2011 : (no rating)
I was a little disappointed in this book. It was very rambling, with a lot of extraneous information. The connections were not very believable and the heroine took some very foolish chances. Hard to follow and rambling, yet I forced myself to stay with it until the end, only to find yet another unbelievable coincidence. I am glad it was free.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

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