The Defence (Eddie Flynn, #1)

by Steve Cavanagh

The truth has no place in a courtroom. The truth doesn't matter in a trial. The only thing that matters is what the prosecution can prove. Eddie Flynn used to be a con artist. Then he became a lawyer. Turned out the two weren't that different. 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 48 hours to defend Volchek in an impossible murder trial - and win - if wants to save his daughter. 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? Lose this case and he loses everything.

• ISBN10: 1409152294
• ISBN13: 9781409152293
• Publish Date: 12 March 2015
• Publish Status: Cancelled
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
• Imprint: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 320
• Language: English

Reviews

[thebookdisciple]

I started this series with Thirteen and loved it so much I decided to go back to the beginning. The Defense is a very different sort of book. Eddie has experience a trauma and left the law. The Russian Bratva forces him back in. You see him as both the lawyer and the con man. There is tons of danger and deception, but its not a creepy as 13 was because there is no killer. So, the story has a different tone. I enjoyed it and am looking forward to book 2!