That was one wild noir thriller ride! By the end of the book, you think you know what happened but you are not one hundred percent sure. The story, although ridiculously improbable, was nonetheless well constructed from a mystery point-of-view. Between all the twists and turns and interesting personalities, one scenario seems as plausible as another. By the end, your mind is spinning but it's fun, like a carnival ride! ( )

Brilliant and Fun. I found the story to be thought provoking. Such a simple book, a quick read and brilliantly told! I would love to know what I would have thought about this book if I had read it at this same age but 40 years ago!! I will read this again some day! I loved it! ( )

Trap for Cinderella is a story about a beautiful, rich, spoiled, self-centered young woman, Michele, who magnetically draws people into her life, and then flings them aside as soon as the novelty of them wears off. But one old childhood girlfriend, Domenica, manages to enter the inner circle, and submits to both physical and mental abuse, obsessively clinging to Michele for the glamorous life of luxury and extravagance.

And then there is a fire. One of the two young women survives with disfiguring burns on the face and hands, and amnesia. Is it Michele or Domenica? The survivor doesn't know! Everyone is calling her Michele but to her horror, a close confidant (and conspirator) is telling her she is really Domenica, the fire was intentional, and apparently, she set the fire strategically burned herself on the face and hands, and murdered Michele with the intention of assuming her identity.

Trap for Cinderella is worth reading for the suspense and psychological aspects. The survivor is in a "no win" situation. She is psychologically tortured with the uncertainty of who she really is. From an objective amnesiac's point of view, she doesn't want to be Domenica the murderer, nor does she want to be the loathsome naracissist, Michele, in spite of the huge inheritence. The plot involves her search for the truth about what really happened, and her true identity. It is a little farfetched to beleive that this could have really happened, in fact, absurd, but if it could happen, and did, it makes an intense story. ( )

I have read this probably more times than any other book I own - that is how much I love this noir thriller about an amnesiac's search for identity. Really top notch. ( )