"I didn't set out to be a spy, I just wanted to save those tragic animals from a fate worth than death..."

It's late June, the exams are over, and 16-year-old Cate Carlisle has miraculously scored her dream holiday job in the south of France as a deck hand on a yacht owned by the glamorous supermodel, actress, and pop star Nancy Kyle. It seems as if Cate is all set for a summer of sunshine and fun, but it isn't long before mysterious and terrifying events keep happening around her.

Rare young animals are vanishing from high security sanctuaries, a world-renowned geneticist has been kidnapped, and why is a member of a shadowy government agency working undercover on the yacht?

Against her best instincts, Cate is inexorably dragged into a vortex of international crime and espionage, and it isn't long before her resourcefulness, bravery, and newfound spying skills are the only things keeping her, and the animals she is searching for, from a dreadful fate. 

Trapped is the first book in the breath-taking teen spy series The Cate Carlisle Files. Set against a stunning backdrop of beautiful Antibes and the Cote D'Azur and with a supporting cast of unforgettable characters, Trapped is a fast-moving, edge-of-the-seat thriller which proves, beyond any reasonable doubt, that teenage girls make the best spies of all.