The Defence (Eddie Flynn Book 1)

EDDIE FLYNN HAS 48 HOURS TO SAVE HIS DAUGHTER...* * * * *`Everything a great thriller should be and I can`t wait to see more of Eddie Flynn.` Mark Billingham`So Hollywood, punchy and cool and pacy as hell.` Eva Dolan* * * * *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 forty-eight hours to defend Volchek in an impossible murder trial - and win - if he 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?**Featuring an extract from Steve Cavanagh`s new thriller, The Plea**Praise for race-against-time legal thriller writer, Steve Cavanagh:`A gripping, twisty thriller` - Ian Rankin, number 1 bestselling author of Rather Be The Devil`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 purely entertaining books you`ll read this year. It`s a blast.` - John Connolly, bestselling author of the Charlie Parker series`In the crowded field of legal thrillers, Steve Cavanagh stands head and shoulders above the competition, with his skilfully plotted, action-packed and big-hearted Eddie Flynn novels... highly intelligent, twist-laden and absolutely unputdownable` - Eva Dolan, author of the critically acclaimed Tell No Tales`A cleverly constructed legal thriller 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.` - S.J.I. Holliday, author of Black Wood`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 superb read with a main character destined to be one of the most talked about in crime fiction.` Howard Linskey, author of The Search