The Defence

@2@@20@@18@'Everything a great thriller should be and I can't wait to see more of Eddie Flynn.' Mark Billingham@19@@21@@3@@2@@20@@18@'So Hollywood, punchy and cool and pacy as hell.' Eva Dolan@19@ @21@@3@@2@@20@Eddie Flynn has 48 hours to save his daughter...@21@@16@@20@@21@@16@Eddie Flynn used to be a con artist. Then he became a lawyer. Turned out the two weren't that different.@3@@2@It's been over a year since Eddie vowed never to set foot in a courtroom again. But now he doesn't have a choice. Olek Volchek, the infamous head of the Russian mafia in New York, has strapped a bomb to Eddie's back and kidnapped his ten-year-old daughter, Amy. Eddie only has forty-eight hours to defend Volchek in an impossible murder trial - and win - if he wants to save his daughter. @3@@2@Under the scrutiny of the media and the FBI, Eddie must use his razor-sharp wit and every con-artist trick in the book to defend his 'client' and ensure Amy's safety. With the timer on his back ticking away, can Eddie convince the jury of the impossible?@3@@16@@2@@20@Praise for race-against-time legal thriller writer, Steve Cavanagh:@21@@16@@20@@21@@16@@20@@21@@20@'A gripping, twisty thriller'@21@ @18@Ian Rankin, number 1 bestselling author of Rather Be The Devil@19@@3@@2@'Legal thrillers are my blind spot, but I'll always make an exception for Steve Cavanagh. Quite simply, THE PLEA is one of the most @20@purely entertaining@21@ books you'll read this year. It's a blast.' @18@John Connolly, bestselling author of the Charlie Parker series@19@@3@@2@'In the crowded field of legal thrillers, Steve Cavanagh stands head and shoulders above the competition, with his skilfully plotted, @20@action-packed@21@ and big-hearted Eddie Flynn novels . . . highly intelligent, @20@twist-laden and absolutely unputdownable'@21@ @18@Eva Dolan, author of the critically acclaimed Tell No Tales@19@@3@@2@'A @20@cleverly constructed legal thriller@21@ combined with a classic locked-room mystery. 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@@20@'Raymond Chandler@21@ could have created Eddie Flynn. THE PLEA is @20@Phillip Marlowe@21@ and @20@Michael Connolly's Mickey Haller@21@ combined, with a bit of @20@Jim Thompson's THE GRIFTERS@21@ thrown in. A superb read with a main character destined to be one of the most talked about in crime fiction.' @18@Howard Linskey, author of The Search@19@@3@@2@@20@If you like John Grisham, Lee Child and Michael Connelly, you will LOVE the gripping and twisty Eddie Flynn series:@21@@3@@2@1. The Defence@16@2. The Plea@16@3. The Liar@3@@2@* Each Eddie Flynn thriller can be read as a standalone or in series order *@3@