Mouse Trap (Clay Wolfe/Port Essex 3) by Matt  Cost-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 13, 2022.

When Clay Wolfe is hired to find out who tried to steal a mouse, he thought it was akin to a fireman getting a cat out of a tree. It wasn’t.
“Sometimes bad genes need to be stamped out and good ones need to be fostered,” Bridget Engel said. “There’s really no difference between mice and human beings when it comes to genes.” She wore a gray suit, and her blonde hair was cut short in the style that Hillary Clinton had made popular.

When Clay Wolfe rekindles an old romance, the summer is looking bright. It wasn’t.

He woke in the middle of the night, gathered his things, and slipped away. After Clay left, Victoria rose from the bed and went into the bathroom, carefully removed the condom from the Kleenex it was wrapped in and put it in a plastic baggie.

Who is the mysterious man who clubs Westy with a hammer and threatens the lives of everybody Clay Wolfe holds dear?

Now, Clive Miller was a fixer. He took care of problems that arose. Once given a task, his hands weren’t tied, and he was well-paid for his troubles. There were two simple rules. Eliminate the problem. Don’t draw attention.

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REVIEWMOUSE TRAP is the third instalment in Matt Cost’s contemporary adult CLAY WOLFE/PORT ESSEX mystery suspense series focusing on thirty-six year old, former homicide detective turned private investigator Clay Wolfe. MOUSE TRAP can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from third person perspective MOUSE TRAP follows thirty-six year old, former homicide detective turned private investigator Clay Wolfe as he is contracted to investigate the possible theft of a scientifically altered mouse. Johnson Labs aka JOHNS has set up shop in the small coastal town of Port Essex, Maine, home to our hero Clay Wolfe and his ragtag team of investigators and a former US Navy SEAL. JOHNS has asked Clay Wolfe to look into the ‘attempted theft’ of an altered mouse, a mouse whose DNA and genes have been spliced in an effort to create the perfect human but when Clay and his team get too close to the truth, Clay is released from his contract but not before catching the attention of a possible assassin. As the bodies begin to amass, and all clues are pointing towards Clay and his team as suspect, Clay finds himself the center of attention from a beautiful socialite, a woman who is hoping to birth the perfect child.

MOUSE TRAP is a story of power and control, obsession with perfection, murder and mayhem, and a little bit of science fiction wrapped in a package of genomes, genetics and DNA. What if you were able to create the perfect child? What price is too much for perfection? Where does that leave those people considered to be less than perfect in body and mind? Matt Cost pulls the reader into a story of what ifs and whys; a tale of perfection and preoccupation, of discrimination and inequality, hatred and animosity. The premise is intriguing and captivating; the characters are charismatic, fallible and energetic.

Reading Order and Previous reviews
Wolfe Trap
Mind Trap

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Over the years, Cost has owned a video store, a mystery bookstore, and a gym. He has also taught history and coached just about every sport imaginable.

Cost now lives in Brunswick, Maine, with his wife, Harper. There are four grown children: Brittany, Pearson, Miranda, and Ryan. A chocolate Lab and a basset hound round out the mix. He now spends his days at the computer, writing.