The Defense by Steve Cavanagh

The Defense by Steve Cavanagh

If you're a fan of John Grisham, Scott Turow, and Brad Meltzer, then you will be a fan of Steve Cavanagh's The Defense. --Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Radiant Angel

Eddie Flynn used to be a con artist. Then he became a lawyer. Turns out the two jobs aren't all that different. . .

He vowed never to set foot in a courtroom again after a case gone disastrously wrong. But today Eddie doesn't have a choice. Because this time, it's personal.

The head of the Russian mob in New York City, on trial for murder, has kidnapped Eddie's beloved ten-year-old daughter. Now Eddie has exactly forty-eight hours to draw upon his razor-sharp instincts and use every con, bluff, grift, and trick in the book to defend an impossible trial and save his daughter--or die trying. . .

a rush of double-crosses, switched detonators, mob maneuvering,
and some savvy lawyering. Cavanagh keeps things hopping.
--Dallas Morning News

Everything a reader could ask for in a thriller--nail-biting suspense, a Russian nesting doll of a plot, and an original and compelling lead. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
This edition of the book is the deluxe, tall rack mass market paperback.

Steve Cavanagh is an Irish author from Belfast who studied law by accident when he was eighteen years old. He is currently known around the world as the author of the Eddie Flynn novels, for which he has won numerous awards. His debut novel, The Defense, was nominated for the Ian Fleming Silver Dagger Award for Best Thriller of the Year, and his second novel, The Plea, was awarded the Prix Polar Award for Best International Novel. Steve is still a practicing lawyer (he'll figure it out eventually) and co-host of the #1 podcast Two Crime Writers And A Microphone. He's been involved in several high-profile civil rights lawsuits, his Eddie Flynn novels have been translated into over twenty languages, he's married with two small children, and he spends most of his free time sleeping.