The Plea

@2@@20@Your client is innocent. Your wife is guilty.@21@@16@@20@@21@@20@Who would you fight for?@21@@3@@2@@20@@21@@3@@2@@20@'Quite simply, THE PLEA is one of the most purely entertaining books you'll read this year' John Connolly@21@@16@@20@'A gripping thriller' Ian Rankin@21@@3@@2@@20@@21@@3@@2@When David Child, a major client of a corrupt New York law firm, is arrested for murder, the FBI ask con artist-turned-lawyer Eddie Flynn to persuade him to testify against the firm.@3@@2@Eddie is not someone who is easily coerced, but when the FBI reveal that they have incriminating files on his wife, he knows he has no choice.@3@@2@But Eddie is convinced the man is innocent, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. With the FBI putting pressure on him to secure the deal, Eddie must find a way to prove his client's innocence.@3@@2@But the stakes are high - his wife is in danger. And not just from the FBI . . .@3@@2@@20@@21@@3@@2@@20@Praise for race-against-time legal thriller writer, Steve Cavanagh:@21@@3@@2@'A @20@fantastic thriller@21@ writer' Mark Billingham@3@@2@'Cavanagh stands head and shoulders above the competition, with his skilfully plotted, @20@action-packed @21@and big-hearted Eddie Flynn novels . . . @20@highly intelligent, twist-laden@21@ and @20@absolutely unputdownable@21@' @18@Eva Dolan, author of the critically acclaimed Tell No Tales@19@@3@@2@'What a @20@thriller@21@! Breathlessly @20@brilliant@21@ and fiendishly clever' Miranda Dickinson@3@@2@'A cleverly constructed legal @20@thriller combined with a classic locked-room mystery@21@. Eddie Flynn is fast becoming one of my favourite fictional heroes and Cavanagh one of my favourite thriller writers.' @18@S.J.I. Holliday, author of Black Wood@19@@3@@2@'Raymond Chandler could have created Eddie Flynn. THE PLEA is Phillip Marlowe and Michael Connolly's Mickey Haller combined, with a bit of Jim Thompson's THE GRIFTERS thrown in. A @20@superb@21@ read with a main character destined to be one of the @20@most talked about in crime fiction@21@.' @18@Howard Linskey, author of The Search@19@@3@@2@@20@@21@@16@@20@@21@@16@@20@If you like John Grisham, Lee Child and Michael Connelly, you will LOVE the gripping and twisty Eddie Flynn series:@21@@16@@20@@21@@16@@20@@21@1. The Defence@16@2. The Plea@16@3. The Liar@16@4. Thirteen@3@@2@ Each Eddie Flynn thriller can be read as a standalone or in series order @3@