num_pages: 224
description: John Wells, an old-school crime reporter on the New York Star, comes into conflict with his new boss Robert and when news of a teen suicide breaks, Wells is posted upstate off the crime beat. Gritting his teeth, he sets to work, but discovers that in Grant County, suicide may in fact be murder.
language: English
title: The Trapdoor
titlecomplete: The Trapdoor (John Wells, #1)
genres: Thriller, Fiction
ratings_count: 91
series: John Wells
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Paperback Original
publisher: Severn House