The Defense, Steve Cavanagh
The Defense, Steve Cavanagh
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The Defense
A Novel

Author: Steve Cavanagh

Narrator: Adam Sims

Unabridged: 10 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/03/2016


Synopsis

"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 aren't that different.

In The Defense, former con artist turned lawyer Eddie Flynn gave up the law a year ago after a disastrous case, and he vowed never to step foot in a courtroom again. But now he doesn't have a choice. The head of the Russian mob in New York City, on trial for murder, has kidnapped Eddie's ten-year-old daughter: Eddie has to take this case whether he likes it or not.

Using his razor-sharp wit and every con, bluff, grift, and trick in the book, Eddie has only forty-eight hours to defend an impossible murder trial. And if he loses this case, he loses everything.

About Steve Cavanagh

Steve Cavanagh is an Irish author from Belfast and at the age of eighteen he studied law by mistake. He is now the international award-winning author of the Eddie Flynn novels. His debut novel, The Defense, was nominated for the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award for Thriller of the Year, and The Plea won the Prix Polar Award for Best International Novel. Steve is still a practicing lawyer (someday he’ll get the hang of it) and co-host of the chart-topping podcast Two Crime Writers And A Microphone. He has been involved in several high-profile civil rights cases, his Eddie Flynn novels have been published in over twenty countries, he’s married with two young children, and in his spare time he is mostly asleep.


Reviews

Goodreads review by jessica on August 23, 2021

like most people, i started this series out of order. i began with book #4,thirteen, when it started to get a lot of attention (and for very good reason). its a fantastic book, so i was excited to go back to where the series began. while i do think this is a great legal thriller, i didnt obsess ove......more

Goodreads review by Jenny on June 04, 2022

One morning, Eddie Flynn gets 2 bad news, The Russian Mafia kidnapped his daughter and he’s also strapped with a bomb, he now has to obey the boss and find a way to win an impossible trial. Flynn is a con artist who grew up on the streets but also a lawyer and those two things mixed together were a......more

Goodreads review by Jayme on December 18, 2021

3.5 ⭐️ A couple of years ago, I requested “Thirteen”, not realizing that it was book 4 in the Eddie Flynn series! (legal thrillers) I hate when that happens!! Usually. This time, it will end up being a blessing in disguise. Because if I had read this one first, I may not have continued the series, th......more


Quotes

“This audiobook goes from zero to ninety out of the box and doesn't flag until The End, so fasten your seat belt...Adam Sims gives a bravura performance so at one with the text that you hardly notice he's there beside you on the edge of your seat.”--AudioFile.com

“This debut is in the vein of Grisham, Turow, and Margolin, [Cavanagh] has created a fascinating character and is skilled in describing the chess moves that go on during the trial. Narrator Adam Sims does a superb job of keeping the story flowing.”--Library Journal