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The Catch

The Catch

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  • Create Date：2021-02-27 16:58:50
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：T.M. Logan
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Summary

Ed is delighted to meet his twenty-three year old daughter's fiancé for the first time。 Ryan appears to be the perfect future son-in-law。 There's just one problem。 There's something off about Ryan。 Something hidden in the shadows behind his eyes。 And it seems that only Ed can see it。

Terrified that his daughter is being drawn in by a psychopath， Ed sets out to uncover her fiancé's dark past - while keeping his own concealed。 But no-one believes him。 And the more he digs， the more he alienates her and the rest of the family who are convinced that Ryan is 'the one'。

Ed knows different。 For reasons of his own， he knows a monster when he sees one。。。

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Faery ，

Abbie brings Ryan， her boyfriend of 7 months， home to meet her parents。 Her mum Claire warms to him immediately but dad Ed。。。。。 doesn't。 Ryan is the perfect catch， attractive， successful and doting。 But Ed thinks he sees another more aggressive side to Ryan - but does he or is he just over protective and paranoid， especially as the couple announce their plans to move in together and get married。 Ed has a race to get some answers about Ryan before the impending wedding， and he seems determined an Abbie brings Ryan， her boyfriend of 7 months， home to meet her parents。 Her mum Claire warms to him immediately but dad Ed。。。。。 doesn't。 Ryan is the perfect catch， attractive， successful and doting。 But Ed thinks he sees another more aggressive side to Ryan - but does he or is he just over protective and paranoid， especially as the couple announce their plans to move in together and get married。 Ed has a race to get some answers about Ryan before the impending wedding， and he seems determined and willing to go to any lengths， but at what cost？Ed is a strong， self assured character from the start。 Even when things start to fall apart （partly from some of his questionable choices）， he still maintains his strength。 I especially enjoyed the first half of the book， where Ed is trying to piece together who Ryan really is。 I also liked that part of the book is set in the Peak District， one of my favourite places。I found the rest of the characters to be quite one dimensional。 There wasn't any substance to them。 The ending was a little anticlimactic and very far fetched for me。 Some of the events at the Dales in the final scene was so implausible， it undermined the rest of the book。Overall it is a good easy read。 。。。more

Jane ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Ed and Claire finally meet their daughter’s （Abbie） boyfriend of nine months ， Ryan， but soon find out they are engaged。 Ryan seems perfect in every way: looks， graduate of college， honors in military， volunteer work， his job， demeanor。 They choose to get married in a month because Abbie’s grandma has cancer。 Claire and the grandma love Ryan but Ed sees something wrong about Ryan。 Ed starts looking into Ryan even following him and putting a tracker on his car。 Because of this Ed ends up losing h Ed and Claire finally meet their daughter’s （Abbie） boyfriend of nine months ， Ryan， but soon find out they are engaged。 Ryan seems perfect in every way: looks， graduate of college， honors in military， volunteer work， his job， demeanor。 They choose to get married in a month because Abbie’s grandma has cancer。 Claire and the grandma love Ryan but Ed sees something wrong about Ryan。 Ed starts looking into Ryan even following him and putting a tracker on his car。 Because of this Ed ends up losing his job。 Claire and Abbie think Ed is being overprotective and paranoid and want him to stop it。 Ed goes as far as hiring a private investigator even though Ryan and Abbie end up getting married。 Ed follows Ryan to a wooded area and Ryan sees him。 Ryan tricks Ed into believing he is genuine。 When Claire comes home from being away for work and Ed doesn’t come home for a couple days， she calls the police who finds his car with alcohol and pills plus blood from a missing boyfriend。 Everything points to a possible suicide but they don’t believe it。 While putting posters up with Ed’s picture on it， Abbie looks into her dad’s emails and finds the report from the private investigator。 In the report shows everything about Ryan was a lie。 His parents and sister died in a fire while Ryan looked on， his foster mother disappeared， he never went to college or was in the military， he was married and was arrested for abusing her， and his first wife disappeared 。 It comes out that he killed the adopted mother， his first wife， Abbies ex and Ed。 While putting posters up Abbie confronts Ryan and they attack each other。 When he’s about to kill Abbie， Claire shows up and they fight。 Abbie ends up stabbing Ryan killing him with her dad’s knife she bought him。 The book was suspenseful and had me curious to find out if Ed was right or wrong ， if Ed was hiding something， who Ryan really was and secrets that were hidden。 It showed the length a father would go to protect his daughter that he loved。 I was looking for more twists and surprises but nothing was shocking。 。。。more

Ian ，

Every so often I need a page-turner， a nice easy beach read - even if， or maybe because， I've not been allowed anywhere a beach for months and months due to Covid。 The Catch fits the bill perfectly - a tautly written thriller which keeps you guessing and on the edge of your seat until near the end。 Nothing too heavy， nothing too complicated to think about， just a simple enjoyable read。 Every so often I need a page-turner， a nice easy beach read - even if， or maybe because， I've not been allowed anywhere a beach for months and months due to Covid。 The Catch fits the bill perfectly - a tautly written thriller which keeps you guessing and on the edge of your seat until near the end。 Nothing too heavy， nothing too complicated to think about， just a simple enjoyable read。 。。。more

Nimalee Ravi ，

Another fantastic read from T。M。Logan。 I could not put the book down。 Abbie's introduces her boyfriend， Ryan to her parents for the first time。 Ryan is handsome， intelligent and was in the army。 He even plays guitar on his free time at his local hospice。 He's simply perfect。 So why Ed， Annie's father， got a bad vibe from Ryan。 There's something about Ryan just doesn't sit right with him。 Is Ed being an over protective dad or is he right？ T。M。Logan takes you on an extremely thrilling， suspenseful Another fantastic read from T。M。Logan。 I could not put the book down。 Abbie's introduces her boyfriend， Ryan to her parents for the first time。 Ryan is handsome， intelligent and was in the army。 He even plays guitar on his free time at his local hospice。 He's simply perfect。 So why Ed， Annie's father， got a bad vibe from Ryan。 There's something about Ryan just doesn't sit right with him。 Is Ed being an over protective dad or is he right？ T。M。Logan takes you on an extremely thrilling， suspenseful and exhilarating ride。 Written brilliantly with really good characters and will keep you guessing until the end of the book。 。。。more

Caroline Ashby ，

TenseTense at times and left me guessing throughout not knowing which way it was going to go but the last few chapters became very predictable。 A different kind of story with some twists along the way。

Natalie Beath ，

I liked this more than The Holiday really kept me guessing I couldn’t work out where the story was going to go！

Chloe Presland ，

I knew I would hate it 😌 I just knew it 😌 this kind of thriller is the whole reason I stopped reading the genre。 Ridiculously predictable， completely generic and NOTHING HAPPENED FOR THE FIRST 90% of the book。

Sally Parks ，

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and I read it quickly as the plot kept me very interested！ I would recommend The Catch

Catherine ，

I was bummed how predictable this story was。

Lydia ，

Really I want to give this 2。5 stars - I just felt like I wasn’t really invested into the characters enough。 I didn’t care enough about them。 If fast paced thrillers are your thing then is definitely worth a read。 Average read for me！

Harry Borley ，

Great read， couldn't put it down lots of twists！ Great read， couldn't put it down lots of twists！ 。。。more

Grace Hicks ，

Wellllll I didn’t expect that ending！！！ Highly recommend！ X

Hope ，

It started off so good and a real page turner but got so long winded from about halfway with very little happening。 I had to finish to find out what happened but i found myself getting annoyed at the padding out of the story。 It shoukd have been a good 200 pages shorter！

Shyamalima Kashyap ，

It's actually 3。5。 This is my second book by T。M Logan and I had really enjoyed The Holiday。 I did enjoy the first part of the book as the constant struggle between who to believe， was quite high。 The author has created the character of a paranoid （ or is he） father， Ed， who's constant failure in understanding whether his opinion of his perfect son in law Ryan， is actually valid or not。 Not finding much support from his wife Claire ot daughter Abbie， he goes all out to protect his daughter from It's actually 3。5。 This is my second book by T。M Logan and I had really enjoyed The Holiday。 I did enjoy the first part of the book as the constant struggle between who to believe， was quite high。 The author has created the character of a paranoid （ or is he） father， Ed， who's constant failure in understanding whether his opinion of his perfect son in law Ryan， is actually valid or not。 Not finding much support from his wife Claire ot daughter Abbie， he goes all out to protect his daughter from what he fears to be something really dangerous。 What follows is a good paced mystery associated with the son in law， however towards the end， the conclusion seemed quite banal in comparison to the beginning。 I feel Ed deserved a better end and if only there was a little more surprise element， it would have been a 4 from me。 。。。more

Amanda ，

Another absolutely brilliant and unputdownable book by one of my favourite thriller writers。

Sue ，

I found the first few chapters of this book a bit contrived， with Ed going into full on sleuth from the off。 Once I got over that the rest of the book was enjoyable enough。 An easy read。

Cristiana ，

3。5 ⭐️

Lisacrooksbtinternet。com ，

Brilliant if slightly disappointed end ♡ loved the structure x

Laura Griffiths ，

I'm a big fan of T。M。 Logan's thrillers and this one hooked me straight in。 The book is written from the perspective of an extremely overprotective father but with good reason。 When Ed meets his daughters new boyfriend for the first time he senses that something is very wrong， he doesn't believe for one second Ryan is who he says he is。 The book is very fast paced as Ed races to uncover Ryan's dark past before it's too late and it keeps you turning the page late in to the night！ I did get a litt I'm a big fan of T。M。 Logan's thrillers and this one hooked me straight in。 The book is written from the perspective of an extremely overprotective father but with good reason。 When Ed meets his daughters new boyfriend for the first time he senses that something is very wrong， he doesn't believe for one second Ryan is who he says he is。 The book is very fast paced as Ed races to uncover Ryan's dark past before it's too late and it keeps you turning the page late in to the night！ I did get a little impatient part way through as I desperetely wanted to know what Ryan was hiding but the end did not disappoint！ I liked how T。M。 Logan switched to using different perspectives towards the end to piece everything together for the reader。 Overall， a brilliant thriller！ I highly recommend this one！ 。。。more

Paige Philpott ，

3。5 stars

Erin Mooney ，

I can't remember the last time I was so bored by a book。 Slow paced， unimaginative， very predictable。 Picked up around 75% in， where it started getting interesting。 Still very predictable。 Won't be reading any other T。M。Logan novels。 I can't remember the last time I was so bored by a book。 Slow paced， unimaginative， very predictable。 Picked up around 75% in， where it started getting interesting。 Still very predictable。 Won't be reading any other T。M。Logan novels。 。。。more

Lyndsey Tweddle ，

This is the second book I've read by this author and the second I haven't enjoyed。 Whilst there is no doubt that this author writes better than I could ever hope to do， I've come to the conclusion that we simply don't get on。 The book promises a lot but delivers very little。 It does pick up towards the end but only for a few chapters and the whole of the first three quarters of the book tries to build suspense but just leads to boredom。 I wouldn't recommend and shan't be reading any more by T M This is the second book I've read by this author and the second I haven't enjoyed。 Whilst there is no doubt that this author writes better than I could ever hope to do， I've come to the conclusion that we simply don't get on。 The book promises a lot but delivers very little。 It does pick up towards the end but only for a few chapters and the whole of the first three quarters of the book tries to build suspense but just leads to boredom。 I wouldn't recommend and shan't be reading any more by T M Logan 。。。more

Danielle Giaccone Berrong ，

The Catch was good but not my favorite T。M。 Logan book。 I am however looking forward to reading his newest novel， Trust Me， that will be released in March。

Louise Courtney ，

Scary but in a good way

Jennie Windsor ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Warning spoilers！ ⚠️ This story is written from the perspective of Ed， Abbie’s father。 Abbie has a new boyfriend Ryan whom she quickly gets engaged to and then marries， Ed knows something is not quite right about Ryan and expresses concerns， scorned at by his wife Claire and Abbie just gets angry with him， no one listens！ Potentially good storyline and could have been so much less predictable！ Much more doubt could have been cast on Ed’s character and truth of his gut feeling， hints were suggest Warning spoilers！ ⚠️ This story is written from the perspective of Ed， Abbie’s father。 Abbie has a new boyfriend Ryan whom she quickly gets engaged to and then marries， Ed knows something is not quite right about Ryan and expresses concerns， scorned at by his wife Claire and Abbie just gets angry with him， no one listens！ Potentially good storyline and could have been so much less predictable！ Much more doubt could have been cast on Ed’s character and truth of his gut feeling， hints were suggested that he had things to hide but these were never followed up。 The pinnacle of the story was at the end in his final moments and this was omitted from the book， frustrating！ The ending was so predictable which left me feeling disappointed， I kept turning the pages waiting for the plot twists。。。。 but they never came！ 。。。more

Claire ，

Good read little disappointed in regarding a Ed's storyline at the end should have expanded ding on the encounter Good read but a little disappointed in ending last part of book seemed a bit rushed and needed more details regarding what happened with Ed encounter Good read little disappointed in regarding a Ed's storyline at the end should have expanded ding on the encounter Good read but a little disappointed in ending last part of book seemed a bit rushed and needed more details regarding what happened with Ed encounter 。。。more

Neil ，

Certainly not my idea of a catch， but then I don't have a daughter and Edale is a lovely place。 There must be people who would like to be buried there but perhaps not by a psycho ！ Certainly not my idea of a catch， but then I don't have a daughter and Edale is a lovely place。 There must be people who would like to be buried there but perhaps not by a psycho ！ 。。。more

David Simpson ，

A real page turner which I couldn't put down and it kept me guessing right until the end！ I read it in around four days， thanks to Nicola for the recommendation。 A real page turner which I couldn't put down and it kept me guessing right until the end！ I read it in around four days， thanks to Nicola for the recommendation。 。。。more

Callie ，

I love a TM Logan book but this one was slow。 Definitely not a favourite。

Carly ，

A fantastic book that will make you think， do you really know people like you think you do ？ As soon as I started reading this book， I knew I was going to be gripped。 Initially told from Ed’s perspective as he is introduced to his daughter Abbie’s new boyfriend， Ryan， whom he takes an instant disliking to。 Is he just being an overprotective father or is there more than meets the eye with Ryan ？The chapters are short but pacy in this book。 The end of every chapter sucked me in so I couldn’t just A fantastic book that will make you think， do you really know people like you think you do ？ As soon as I started reading this book， I knew I was going to be gripped。 Initially told from Ed’s perspective as he is introduced to his daughter Abbie’s new boyfriend， Ryan， whom he takes an instant disliking to。 Is he just being an overprotective father or is there more than meets the eye with Ryan ？The chapters are short but pacy in this book。 The end of every chapter sucked me in so I couldn’t just leave it at the end of that chapter I had to read more ！ A gripping read that everyone should read。 。。。more

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