The Kat Trap

A sexy, raw debut novel about the life of a young murderess who lures her victims to their own deaths by seducing them.

Ghetto-born and street-raised, Katrina — or Kat for short, is a self-proclaimed hood goddess. With her in-your-face razor-sharp attitude, alluring charm, and exotic beauty, Katrina is vivacious, vicious, and unsuspectingly dangerous. Detached from her emotions, she has no time for regrets. The product of a neglectful mother and an incarcerated father, Katrina is willing to do whatever it takes to climb — or kill — her way out of the hood.

Calculated and cunning, Katrina already has two bodies on her hands by the ripe age of twenty. When a mysterious man invites her to join his multi-million dollar "work-for-hire" network of professional assassins, it becomes the opportunity of a lifetime. The first female killer on his team, she travels all over the United States and fulfills the bloody requests of her every client. With each murder, Katrina feels more and more powerful — killing turns out to be an addictive aphrodisiac for her and the rush of violence is the only thing that satisfies her insatiable libido. Before killing each victim, Katrina tempts them with her irresistible, delectable charms — and not one of them can resist.

Disturbingly witty and devilishly enticing, The Kat Trap is an edgy, fast-paced urban drama with fascinating psychological elements that demonstrate how anger and bitterness can perpetuate self-destructive behaviors. Readers will be enthralled by Kat's deliciously criminal world of money and glamour, shocked by her cutthroat ambition and ruthlessness, and accosted by her physical and sexual prowess.

"This erotic African American thriller, the debut of Cairo (the pseudonym for a male 'clinically certified forensics counselor'), may amuse some and disgust others thanks to the in-your-face attitude of its angry hood heroine, Brooklynite Katrina 'Kat' Rivera. Kat, a professional assassin and whore ('It's bout clockin" that paper. And a bitch like me gets paid by the body. Welcome to the Kat Trap, muhfuckas'), uses her sex appeal to lure men to their deaths. An outrageous femme fatale, Kat first began whoring to get a gun to kill her mother's abusive boyfriend. Filled with sweaty pornographic details that many female readers will find distasteful, this twisted saga finds even Kat wondering if she's borderline psychopath or 'just staight sadistic "n shit' for choosing such a wicked career path. Despite the authentic ghetto vibe, Kat comes off as an angry fake making thin excuses for committing crimes and treating herself like trash thanks to 'the thrill of the kill.'" Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

In a world where sex, money and the drug/criminal lifestyle are often glamorized and glorified, Author Cairo delivers a fast-paced, thrilling novel that contains all the elements that are appealing to the urban fiction reader