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Girl Trap: The Madeline Dawkins Mystery Series Book 3 (A Madeline Dawkins Mystery 11) Kindle Edition

by Cynthia Hamilton (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.5 524 ratings

Book 11 of 11: The Madeline Dawkins Mystery Series

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From the author of SPOUSE TRAP and A HIGH PRICE TO PAY

★★★★★ “Get ready for another edge-of-your-seat mystery”
★★★★★ “Another exciting installment in the Madeline Dawkins Mystery Series”
★★★★★ ‘Twisted plot. Excellent read”
★★★★★ “I could barely put this down…”

Appearances can be deceiving. And in Southern California, where the sun shines almost every day and make-believe has its own industry, it’s hard to tell what is real and what is merely illusion.

Two inquiries come to MDPI on the same day that seem like fairly straight-forward missing person cases. But it doesn’t take long to discover there’s nothing ordinary about the disappearance of two beautiful sisters from Minnesota and an estranged heiress who has never touched her eight-figure fortune.

While Madeline’s partner, Mike Delaney, heads down to Los Angeles to search for his cousin’s vanished girlfriend and her sister, Madeline heads to San Luis Obispo in hopes of picking up a twelve-year-old trail at a Catholic boarding school.

Their separate pursuits lead them into a world where a frightening reality hides behind a glossy veneer. With several lives hanging in the balance, Mike and Madeline are faced with daunting odds and ruthless criminals who will kill to keep what they have taken.

“Girl Trap” is the third book in the Madeline Dawkins series.

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Cynthia Hamilton is the author of the popular Madeline Dawkins mystery series, and has penned several standalone novels. She turned to writing as a means of coping with a debilitating illness in 2000, and writing has been the gift that keeps giving. Cynthia resides in Southern California. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07CWHMQRW
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Woodstock Press (May 6, 2018)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 6, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 5586 KB
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B0C4MNCJVH

Best Sellers Rank: #222,484 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,139 in Private Investigator Mysteries (Kindle Store)
- #2,833 in Private Investigator Mysteries (Books)
- #7,135 in Women Sleuths (Kindle Store)

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A lifelong reader, Cynthia Hamilton turned to writing in 2000 as a means of coping with a debilitating illness. She now has 13 books in print, all of which are available on Amazon. In addition to THE MADELINE DAWKINS MYSTERY SERIES, she writes general fiction and some memoir: FINDING RUTH and ONCE UPON A LYME...A TALE OF TWO JOURNEYS.

The Madeline Dawkins Series has really captured her imagination. Madeline’s dual careers as private investigator and event planner to the Santa Barbara elite keep her on her toes. All the books in the series can be read as standalones.

Cynthia shares where she finds inspiration for her books at Chaucer's Bookstore with Justine Hamilton, and on SPEAK UP TALK RADIO with host Pat Rullo. You can listen to and view the interviews via the links below:

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Website: http://cynthiahamiltonbooks.com

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David Lucero

Get Ready for another Edge-of-Your-Seat Mystery

Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2021

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Madeline Dawkins is still putting her life together after a divorce and near-death encounter with her estranged ex-husband, Steven. With help from her close friend and occasional lover, Mike Delaney, the two have started a successful private investigation firm that provides help to those looking to solve mysteries, but not enough to pay the bills. Fortunately, Madeline has her event-planning side of business still in the works to keep them on their feet. However, when a wealthy widow reaches out to them to find her missing daughter, what soon follows is enough to have pulled the rug right from under them.

While Madeline meets their new client for details about a missing heiress whose fortune is worth millions, Mike's cousin, Jesse, hires him to learn the whereabouts of his missing girlfriend. Both cases are off to a good start. Madeline knows enough of the PI side of business to know where to start looking and what questions to ask, as does Mike. But what Mike soon learns about Jesse's missing girlfriend is enough to leave one to wonder what he's gotten himself in to.

As Madeline gets closer to learning more about the missing heiress, she finds herself coming up with more questions than answers. Enough so that she is soon left to wonder not only what happened to the woman missing for the past 10 years, but if there is an alternate reason her client suddenly wants her daughter found and brought to her.

With Mike getting closer to what may be a terrible conclusion for his cousin's girlfriend, and Madeline digging deeper into the lives of some who'd rather remain anonymous, both are left asking themselves if they have suddenly gotten more than they bargained for. And it will take more than experience and luck to see both cases through to the end.

This is my 3rd book in the Madeline Dawkins Mystery Series and they keep getting better! The characters have such shining personalities I am left hoping to meet them in person. The author keeps the reader piqued with interest and no spoilers. Makes me want to be a PI myself, but perhaps in another life. I look forward to Book 4, as will you.

Keep on reading!

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Leanne Hoagland Smith

Appearances Are Deceiving

Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2023

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Hamilton penned and intriguing mystery that reminded me of a Perry Mason storyline. There were twists and turns with false directions. A good read.

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Carolyn M Crane

Another Exciting Installment in the Madeline Dawkins mystery series

Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2018

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I'm fond of Madeline Dawkins, the protagonist in Hamilton's mystery series. I've rooted for her through two novels so far, Spouse Trap and A High Price to Pay. Dawkins is gritty, gutsy, and very, very human. Hamilton took a break from the series to write her memoir Finding Ruth, so I've had to be patient. I wasn't disappointed. In the third installment of the series, we spend most of our time mingling with a mere day and a half in the private eye's life, and we're there with her every second. Dawkins' unique blend of savvy, intelligence, grit, and intuition help lead us through a labyrinth of danger and unique experience. Yet unlike many contemporary mystery series, Hamilton is not afraid to get real. In Girl Trap we read of human sex trafficking and mental illness, and we're reminded of those sobering, complex issues in our real world. Hamilton, like Dawkins, is gutsy and gritty. She writes in the acknowledgements that she almost turned from the horrific topic of sex trafficking, but she stuck with it. This is what we need writers to do: Build windows to shine the light into the darkness of our society while creating models like Dawkins who make the world and herself better each day. And all the while, Hamilton creates a vivacious, fun read that once again I've devoured. I hope she's already hard at work with the fourth book in the series. I can't wait to gobble it up, too.

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Vicki T

Entertaining mystery!

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2018

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Girl Trap is the perfect reading escape for a rainy weekend. Curl up with your favorite quilt, a hot cup of tea and "Girl Trap," Cynthia Hamilton’s latest installment in her Madeline Dawkins mystery series.

Two intertwining mysteries built back and forth throughout the book to their individual climaxes, keeping me reading, as I had to know what would happen next! The surprise twist at the end has left me wondering how Madeline might use her newly acquired “skill” to solve her next case.

Thanks, Cynthia for an entertaining read!

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patricia wuestenhagen

Dull mysteries

Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2018

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Madeline Dawkins is a PI and an event planner. Mike is her partner in the PI business and also her love interest. This book concerned human trafficking and also a missing woman. There were lots of twists and two complicated mysteries. I thought the writing was rather dull, but I stuck with it to find out the ending, only to find out that the end leads into the next book (my pet peeve!).

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Callie

Well worth the read♥️

Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2020

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As with the first book in this series, I totally was engrossed in the murder mystery solving of MDPI. The story was intriguing and woven in such a way to actually be believable. Without giving away any spoilers, the subject matter is one that deserves more written attention. Bravo to the author, Cynthia Hamilton, for another amazing thriller! Onto her 3rd in this series.

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I really enjoyed the mystery and the characters Madeline and Mike. Looking forward to the next one if it tells what happens when her ex psychotic husband gets paroled because the governor wants him to work on the program he started in prison to unreleased prisoners get a job.

Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2019

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Enjoyed the mystery and the characters Madeline and Mike and their businesses of private eyes and party planners. Looking forward to see if her ex husband who is psychotic and tried to kill her. Denied early parole but governor let him out because he started a program in prison and wants him to work on a,state side program. Liked that this mystery also because it dealt with the problems of human trafficking and how it plagues our country and world due to evil money grabbing people and soulless unscrupulous ones who make money by enslaving people all over the world 🌎.

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2019

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A very good read. It keeps you on your toes and wanting to keep reading g to find out what happens. I like how you added each character which brought more interesting pieces and excitement to the story. I'm guessing there will be another book to read so we can find out if Madeline is ok and what happens with her ex husband? Again a great book to read I really enjoyed it!

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Kevin

An intriguing read!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 17, 2021

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Book three in the Madeline Dawkins Series hits the ground running. Madeline, our plucky private investigator/events planner, is trapped in a labyrinthine nightmare, hotly pursued by Lionel Usherwood, the psychotic mob boss from book two.
As ever, stylish author, Cynthia Hamilton, writes with aplomb, bringing her fans another dramatic serving in which Madeline Dawkins takes centre stage as the valorous female lead.
Madeline and Mike (her dependable business partner and part-time action man), are each tasked with a separate missing person case.
Mike’s assignment is brought to him by cousin Jesse, whose girlfriend has inexplicably vanished without a trace.
In similitude, but entirely unrelated, Madeline is approached by wealthy ice queen, Elise Cavanaugh, who wishes to locate an estranged daughter who has curiously walked away from a life of money and privilege. Maddy senses that Mrs Cavanaugh is withholding information, but to what end?
Mike’s search leads to rumours of the worst kind of exploitation possible, somehow linked to 'The Stingray', one of L.A.’s most chichi nightspots.
Meanwhile, Maddie’s investigation is going nowhere as she encounters a wall of silence and numerous dead ends. And what are we to make of slippery science teacher, Richard Caymus? (who I imagined looking like Robert Redford in his prime). Dawkins will need to draw upon all of her sleuthing skills to get to the bottom of this.
As events unfold, I was as much in the dark about Mrs Cavanaugh’s intentions as Maddie – which led us into a very clever plot twist that neither of us saw coming!

Every Cynthia Hamilton book is a cause for celebration and I’m keen to see if Mike and Maddie’s relationship will develop into something more meaningful. It’s clearly evident that she loses her mojo whenever he's not around.

This book, like the others before it, is an intriguing read smoothly written.
Bravo, Cynthia Hamilton!

Diogenes

A Criminally Good Mystery Adventure

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 19, 2018

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'Girl Trap' is the third novel in Cynthia Hamilton's PI mystery series. IMHO, it is not necessary to have read the first two books in the series to enjoy this one - as the author feeds you sufficient back story to get you up to speed - but I would nevertheless suggest you do read them (either before or after this one), as they are both cracking yarns.
Ms. Hamilton's latest offering has a gripping opening which will hook you straightaway (perhaps 'Reader Trap' might have been a more appropriate title?). Los Angeles-based Madeline Dawkins is damaged but resolute following her most recent adventure. We are quickly inducted into her world and her sometimes-opaque relationship with her business partner/"sex toy" Mike Delaney. Both are quickly embroiled in fiendishly difficult and potentially life-threatening cases. From then on until the final breath-holding denouement, the reader is party to the recurring collisions of private and professional matters (as in all good mystery novels), and where all is not as it first seems.
Written with charm and interspersed with a sly humour, 'Girl Trap' certainly keeps you turning the pages. I commend it to lovers of puzzling plots and family turmoils - with a soupcon of romance on the side.

HM Holten

A PI and Event Planner with a Troubled Past

Reviewed in Germany on September 9, 2019

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Madeline Dawkins suffers from nightmares. She’s escaped her persecutors but not the aftermath of her distressing experiences. Nonetheless, she functions in society and develops two(!) businesses. Her experiences make a PI career the obvious choice, but she’s enough of a woman to love creating beautiful events. To stay efficient she had an assistant, who had to leave because of an investigation trauma. Her new assistant is untested. Madeline isn’t certain that he’ll live up to her expectations. Her partner, Mike searches one woman in LA, while Madeline must open a dormant case and take up a twelve-year-old thread in a catholic school to find another woman. Against all odds, the cases intertwine.
Clearly, this is part of a series, but it wasn’t too difficult to figure out Madeline’s past. I haven’t read the first two volumes, but to me, it may have been an advantage. It amused me to put together the back story from the current happenings.
Hamilton puts her story together in a convincing fashion, although the double strain of two missing women makes for complications.
Despite the striking plot, the narrative failed to excite me. I can’t pinpoint exactly what gave me a sense of being let down. Was it the omniscient narrator, telling me Madeline’s feelings? Was it too many adjectives? A remote third-person narrative can work, but in my opinion, it works better in other genres. Three and a half stars.

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