Praise for Trapped

“Extraordinary…Bears comparison with The Perfect Storm.” -Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River and The Given Day

 "A Perfect Storm of public works...Maybe not for claustrophobes; definitely for everyone else." -New York magazine

"Exemplary investigative reporting [and] superb narrative writing." -Dallas Morning News

"While corporate boardrooms are the usual point of entry for dramas involving big money and technological hubris, Swidey, a journalist and author, works instead from the bottom up in his impressively reported account." -New York Times Book Review

"A harrowing account...which Mr. Swidey writes with splendid heart."
-Wall Street Journal

"Dramatic story...meticulous reporting." -Esquire

"A masterfully crafted saga." -Boston Globe

"You'll never look at a bridge or tunnel the same way again...Captivating." -Men's Journal

"Riveting, tragic true story." -Parade magazine

"Superbly written and researched." -Jonathan Harr, author of A Civil Action

"Thrilling and beautifully told." -Robert Kurson, author of Shadow Divers

"A marvel of masterful reporting and suspenseful writing" -Mitchell Zuckoff, author of Lost in Shangri-La and Frozen in Time

"Heartbreaking...Neil Swidey is a terrific storyteller." -Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe and The Sixth Extinction

A Booklist Editors’ Choice of 2014 Book

An IndieBound Bestseller
No. 1 Boston Globe Bestseller

One of Amazon’s Best Books of 2014

One of Amazon’s Top 20 Nonfiction Books of 2014 

(Also: Amazon’s Top 20 History Books of 2014 and

Amazon Canada’s Best Nonfiction Books of 2014)

An iTunes Best Book of the Month

A Publishers Weekly Top Ten pick (Science)

Starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and Booklist

Coverage of Neil at the Texas Book Festival

The Guardian on Amazon’s Best Books of 2014

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