The Trap by Ava Glass is the third book in the Alias Emma series about Emma Makepeace. Emma is an agent for a secret intelligence agency in England. In this installment she is helping to discover details of a Russian plot to wreak havoc at a summit of various political leaders.

Similar to the other Alias Emma books, this one was fast paced and with several twists throughout. As a fan of mysteries this is right up my alley. Definitely will read future books by Ava Glass and recommend to other fans of spy books!

I love the Emma Makepeace books! The first one was non-stop action. Barely room to breathe. The second was a little less exciting than the first, but still a solid entry into a series. But The Trap brought back everything I loved about the first book. Emma once again has very little time to find the truth. She is faced with an assignment she has never been asked before in order to uncover the plot to attack the G7 summit. She has to decide what she is willing to do. New characters were welcome here. A spy never knows who to trust so every new person is a puzzle. Reading about Emma is like watching Alias. Excitement in the action packed scenes but humanity in the main characters.

Ava Glass writes one of the best spy thriller series in the genre today. Her third book is the best one yet. I could not put this book down and I raced to the conclusion. As you read this book, it feels like you are in the middle of the action. I am just upset I have to wait so long to read the next one. Start with Alias Emma if you have not read the previous two books. I always recommend starting the series at the beginning!

Buckle up your seat belts and hang on for a fast paced thriller with a strong female character. Ava Glass once again brings her "A game" to The Trap, the third "mission" that Emma Makepeace, not her real name, undertakes.

Emma is sent by the Agency, a super secret intelligence organization in Britain, to the G7 summit in Edinburgh. Intel received is that an assassination will be carried out by the Russians on a high value target. Emma's assignment is to set up a honey trap for Russian oligarch Nick Orlov, find out who the target is and how the assassination will be carried out . Emma will not be working solo for this mission, local cop, Kate Mackenzie, will be giving assistance. The duo work together after a bit of a rocky start to stop the Russians.

Emma is capable, tenacious, stubborn, smart and fallible. She has an interesting backstory that plays into her character. The Trap can be read as a stand-alone, but to really know Emma read the previous books in the series, you will not be disappointed.

I find this series to be one of the best spy thrillers out today. I can hardly wait to go on Emma's next mission!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher, Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine, for an ARC. The review is my own.

My thanks to NetGalley and Bantam Books for the ARC of “The Trap” in exchange for an honest review.
Overjoyed to get my hands on Ava Glass’s third thrill ride adventure about another dangerous mission for the young, fearless British spy, Emma Makepeace.
Emma, working for a “sort of” offshoot of British Intelligence MI6, once again faces off against her lifelong hated enemies of the Russian secret service. (Her father died at their hands when she was a child.) And once again, they’re up to no good -planning some kind of catastrophic, violent disruption of the U.S.-European G7 economic summit due to happen at a Scottish castle in Edinburgh.
Our girl Emma’s tasked with surveilling and then befriending (in…uh.. possibly more ways than one) Nick Orlov, a former Russian citizen turned millionaire oil dealer based in Edinburgh. He’s a dashing, handsome notorious ladies man, but now he’s being pressured by brutal Russian agents to help them in whatever terroristic event they’ve cooked up for the G7.
From there, it’s one swift, suspenseful moment after another as Emma throws herself into harm’s way to get to the bottom of things, foil the Russians, and save the free world while bravely serving on His Majesty’s Secret Service. Along the way she ends up with an unlikely but invaluable partner in suffer-no-fools Scottish cop Kate Mackenzie and a stunning personal surprise for herself.
For all lovers of action-adventure spy fiction, this series is a 5 star must. And since the James Bond producers move at the rate of dead snails to make another one, here’s the very next best thing till they get around to it.

I love Emma. Another great installment. Mackenzie as her "partner" was a great addition. We get a brief scene with someone from Emma's past. Her new target Nick would make a good future love interest. Here's hoping we get another book.

Another wild ride for Emma. Another great story to add to this series. This time she is in Scotland and has to uncover a plot to assassinate members of the G7. When Emma has to get close to someone who may be involved in the assassination attempt, she isn't sure just how far she is willing to go. If she doesn't get the information, many people could die. When the man takes her to Rome for dinner, they walk into a trap, and it is up to Emma to get them out of it. She also has to work with a partner, and she isn't sure that she is willing to do that. But the partner proves to be quite the asset. Can they stop the assassin in time? Will Emma live through this one?

Thank you to NetGalley for an advanced digital copy of this book.

This has turned out to be a very entertaining series and I am glad I got into it from the beginning. Thank you to NetGalley for introducing me to Emma Makepeace and continuing to feed my hunger for more.

Emma and her team, from an unnamed agency that most "spys" don't even know it exists, are on their way to Edinburgh, Scotland for a meeting of the G7 nation's representatives. While on the way, they receive word that a well-known Russian is also on the way to Edinburgh. Why? Has this to do with the G7 conference? What is Vladimir Balakin doing in Scotland? That is what Emma's superiors want to know, and they want to know it NOW.

When Balakin leaves the airport, he is driven to the house of a Russian who has lived in Scotland for years, and is not even on the Agency's radar. Emma's primary objective is to find out how this man, Nikolai Orlov, is involved with Balakin. Orlov emigrated to Britain fifteen years previously and has made a fortune, beginning in Russia and continuing in Scotland. As far as anyone knows, he has no ties to Russia and has not been back there since leaving. So why is Balakin staying at his house?

With the help of an Edinburgh policewoman, Emma follows every possible lead and she finds Kate Mackenzie to be both professional and knowledgeable about the local crime scene. They work well together and together are able to get to the bottom of what, exactly, is going on.

thank you PRH and PRH audio for this new installment in Ava Glass's spy series; I appreciated the early review copies of the first two books in the series and recent chance from PRH audio to listen again to the first two books. Thank you for the free copies.

I really like this series, there is something fun and freeing in a female focused spy novel, diving into exploits from a smart and quick witted woman who lives in shadows and navigates the world on her own and in her own way. I enjoy how Emma is always a little ahead of the enemy, prepared to see what is coming and be a step ahead.

Emma Makepeace is back and on the search for information about Russian plans to disrupt a G7 summit in Edinburgh. This latest in the series (of which I am a fan) sees more development of Emma herself, who shows vulnerability, ethical concerns, and questions her own judgment as she and the Agency do what they have to do to protect others. This is more straightforward than the first two books and the plot is a sleigh (or maybe more appropriately troika) ride. Emma must get close to Nick, a wealthy Russian who now has a British passport and who is somehow connected to the evil Balakin and his henchman. And she must work, reluctantly at first, with Kate Mackenzie, a police office assigned to help her work through the streets of Edinburgh. No spoilers from me but know that there's good tension and a few surprises (including one from Emma's past). Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. A great read and I'm pleased Glass has set up an interesting possibility for the future.

Emma goes on another daring adventure in the name of Crown and Country. This is an excellent story of spy craft and what it takes to keep a country safe. The details of human intelligence is especially interesting. The plot is striking and powerful. The characters are fully developed and play their roles perfectly. Even if you had never read anything in the series before once you read this one you would be hooked.

Another great, speedy book by Ava Glass! Our spy Emma is always a step ahead of the Russians (or who ever is threatening our freedom). This series is definitely worth your time!

Many thanks to NetGalley and publishers for the advanced readers copy in exchange for my honest review!

4.5 I want to be a spy stars

This is the third installment in this series and it’s just getting better! I adore Emma Makepeace, and I hope there are many more books to come!

Emma works for a top-secret security team in Britain, and she specializes in thwarting the Russians.

The G7 Summit is coming up in Edinburgh and a high-level Russian spy has just landed at the airport. Emma and the team race to uncover the plot and save world leaders.

Filled with tense moments, I rooted for Emma, but she can definitely hold her own! She has to navigate in a city she doesn’t know well. I liked her pairing with Scottish cop Kate Mackenzie and I hope she returns! I also want to know more about Ripley, Emma’s boss.

This book makes me want to go to Edinburgh even more, although I hope the Russians aren’t in town.

I love this series. After the first one I didn’t think I needed another but her sophomore novel sucked me in. I was skeptical about a 3rd, but here we are again. Emma Makepeace is a badass spy whom I am fully invested in. This one started slower than the others but once Emma pairs up with local cop, Kate Mackenzie, it picks up fast and is thrilling to the end. I love their banter and everything reads like a fast paced spy movie.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Between Ava Glass’s novels, it’s easy to forget just how tough Emma Makepeace really is. Yes, she’s brilliant at surveillance. And yes, she not only wears disguises well, but she also BECOMES the person that Martha’s wardrobe transforms her into. But, halfway through The Trap, when she took out a Russian agent in a brutal hand to hand struggle, I remembered. This is the agent who, in The Chase, eluded a Russian hit team in London (with all CC compromised so no support from The Agency), and brought the target to safety. With, if I recall correctly, a bullet in her shoulder.

I love the way the Trap unspools. FSB has something planned for the G7, but all the security services can’t discover what exactly. There’s a Russian expatriate entrepreneur who is involved, but the question is willingly or under duress. And there is a new character, MacKenzie, as a possible ally but whose mistrust of spooks (preferring solid police work), could hinder this.

Ava Glass compresses time near the end so that you’re nearly following the hunt for the (finally discovered) assassin second by second.

OK, Ms Glass, what’s next and how long do we have to wait?

The Trap by Ava Glass is the third book with our favorite young spy, Emma Makepeace.

"Emma is in Edinburgh with the Agency. Intelligence says that an assassination attempt is coming sometime during the G7 meetings. Can she and her team stop it in time?"

I loved the first book where we're introduced to Emma Makepeace. The second book is good but never quite reach the level of the first one. This new book is one I couldn't put down. It's full of action and spies being spies. Emma has to make some tough decisions about just how far she's willing to go to do her job. Mackenzie is a local cop that helps Emma navigate Edinburgh and a lot of her decisions. There's a wild ending and you're never sure who's going to make it.

Emma is a great character. Don't miss this spy thriller from Glass.

4.25/5 stars

This is the third offering in the Alias Emma series following an operative in a super-secret British agency (appropriately called The Agency) charged with heading off Russia's spy threats.

Emma Makepeace is part of an elite group tasked with uncovering and neutralizing an assassination threat which is set to take place in Edinburgh during the G7 Summit of nations. However, they have no idea who the target might be and have less than a week to find out. In the middle of this high-stress situation, she also comes face-to-face with a person from her past that she never expected to see and must decide how she feels about it and how to go forward from the encounter.

There's suspenseful undercover work, media leaks within the group, gray areas of moral dilemmas and the challenges and surprisingly comfort and camaraderie of working with a temporary partner (for Emma).

I've been really enjoying this series, and this addition just keeps the admiration flowing. Emma is a flawed but fascinating character, and I'm anxious to keep seeing how her character continues to develop.

My sincere thanks to the author, NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group/Ballantine for providing the free early arc of The Trap for review. The opinions are strictly my own.

Ava Glass continues to story and adventures of Emma Makepeace as she races to discover and stop an assassination at the meeting of the G7 nations. The writing is crisp and the old and new characters the author introduces are interesting and well drawn out. I did find the story to slow at times midway through the novel but Glass brought everything together nicely at the end in a rush. Overall I found this to be a good but not gripping read.

Emma Makepeace is the cover name of a young operative for an unnamed British security service that focuses on Russian threats. In the first book in the series, Alias Emma, Emma is a new-ish agent and has to get a reluctant asset across London without being spotted by the city’s ubiquitous surveillance system. In the second, The Traitor, a more experienced Emma goes undercover on a Russian oligarch’s yacht, trying to find out who killed an MI6 agent and what British agent might be a mole for the Russians. Now, in The Trap, Emma has been given her most challenging task: within just one week, find out what the Russians are plotting to attack the upcoming G7 meeting in Edinburgh, and stop it.

Emma is hampered by her unfamiliarity with Edinburgh and is partnered with Kate Mackenzie, a police detective who has been bumped to vice from homicide after she disagrees with her superior’s order to move on from an investigation of some murders of prostitutes. As with all literary spies, Emma much prefers working on her own, but she and Mackenzie quickly find they have a lot in common; particularly their shared no-nonsense, driven styles.

In classic thriller style, author Ava Glass has a set piece to outline the issue and problems, then the action begins, with Emma pursuing her target, working day and night to try to learn just what it is the Russians have in mind. It wouldn’t be a thriller without plenty of tension, action and danger, and this book delivers the goods.

Is danger looming for the G7? Intelligence officer Emma Makepeace is on a high-profile, complex case with global implications and minimal information to go on. Can she set a trap to stop this Russian plot?

I love this series because of Emma. This female spy is driven, gutsy, and incredibly intuitive. She’s shown there’s not much she can’t handle.

Like the other books in the series, The Trap is action-packed, filled with suspense and tension, and has well-timed twists. I couldn’t put it down and devoured it in less than 24 hours!

Two new aspects make The Trap stand out from the previous books. Emma is assigned a partner for the first time, working with a local Edinburgh detective who is a great addition. We also get glimpses of Emma’s vulnerable side, her challenges as a spy, and the conflicts with her personal life.

The Trap is a must-read for those who enjoy fast-paced, high-stakes spy thrillers and international intrigue.