Project Gutenberg 2025-01-12 Public domain in the USA. 215 Leinster, Murray 1896 1975 Jenkins, Will Jenkins, William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, William Jenkins, Will F. The trap $aNew York :$bThe Frank A. Munsey Company, $c1929. Produced from the August 1929 issue of Munsey's Magazine. Roger Frank and Sue Clark "The Trap" by Murray Leinster is a crime fiction story written in the late 1920s. The narrative revolves around the themes of murder, deception, and the significance of reputation, particularly focusing on how a seemingly perfect crime can unravel through unforeseen circumstances. The story illustrates the lengths individuals may go to preserve their image and the eventual consequences that ensue when one tries to outsmart the law. In "The Trap," we follow the character Colby, who meticulously plans and executes the murder of Grahame, a bootleg operator, to steal a significant amount of cash. Initially believing his plan flawless, Colby is soon haunted by the reputation of Detective Sergeant Nesbit, who he fears might connect Grahame’s disappearance to him. As anxiety sets in, Colby receives a letter addressed to Grahame, which he perceives as a trap by Nesbit to catch him. The story escalates into a psychological battle, where Colby's paranoia about being discovered intensifies. Ultimately, he confesses to the murder, only to learn that things are not as they seem, and his own assumptions have ensnared him in a trap of his own making, showcasing the disastrous impact of underestimating others and overestimating oneself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/sim_munseys-magazine_1929-08_97_3 20250102003619leinster 1929 US Reading ease score: 74.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Short stories Murderers -- Fiction Detectives -- Fiction PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery 62284 2025-07-01T06:00:07.744613 text/html 37484 2025-07-01T01:41:28 text/html 517541 2025-07-01T06:00:18.794560 application/epub+zip 516321 2025-07-01T06:00:13.825610 application/epub+zip 78370 2025-07-01T06:00:10.053636 application/epub+zip 825690 2025-07-01T06:00:23.580534 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 816608 2025-07-01T06:00:18.464590 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 54709 2025-07-01T06:00:07.528612 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 34254 2025-07-01T01:41:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16371 2025-07-01T06:00:23.711546 application/rdf+xml 10641 2025-07-01T06:00:13.575579 image/jpeg 1808 2025-07-01T06:00:13.517603 image/jpeg 489847 2025-07-01T06:00:07.757627 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia