The Unbaited Trap

Name: The Unbaited Trap
Rating: 4.2 (701 reviews)

by Catherine Cookson

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John Emmerson is a prosperous solicitor with a wife, son and respected place in the town, yet an earlier tragedy has left him emotionally detached from all of them. Meeting Cissie, a warm and compassionate young widow struggling to support her child, gives him the first genuine relief from that isolation.

Their friendship develops under the observation of neighbours who are ready to interpret any intimacy as scandal. John must confront both the failure of his marriage and the difference in power between his position and Cissie’s poverty, while Cissie decides whether his need for comfort can offer her a secure and honourable future.