The Plea: His client is innocent. His wife is guilty.

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'Highly intelligent, twist-laden and absolutely unputdownable' Eva Dolan

'My life, what a thriller! Breathlessly brilliant and fiendishly clever.' Miranda Dickinson

FRAUD. BLACKMAIL. MURDER.

IT'S ALL IN A DAY'S WORK FOR EDDIE FLYNN.

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 secure the case and force him to testify against the firm.

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.

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.

But the stakes are high - his wife is in danger.And not just from the FBI . . .

'One of the most purely entertaining books you'll read this year. It's a blast' John Connolly

'Steve is a fantastic thriller writer' Mark Billingham

Reviews

A gripping, twisty thriller

THE PLEA is one of the most purely entertaining books you'll read this year. It's a blast

THE DEFENCE is everything a great thriller should be and I can't wait to see more of Eddie Flynn

Lively, clever and enjoyable . . . Cavanagh writes vividly about American injustice . . . The constant action is interrupted only by absorbing courtroom scenes - THE TIMES

Part classic courtroom drama in the John Grisham tradition and part Bruce Willis-like action hero fiction straight out of the DIE HARD franchise, this is a rip-roaring action-packed and highly entertaining debut - IRISH INDEPENDENT

Reads a lot like a courtroom drama that Lee Child might write about Jack Reacher's younger, hotter-headed brother - IRISH TIMES

Author Bio

Steve Cavanagh was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and for twenty years he practiced civil rights law. All of his novels have been nominated for major awards and many are international bestsellers. His third novel, The Liar, won the CWA Gold Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year 2018. Thirteen won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2019. Fifty-Fifty was a Richard and Judy Book club choice, and was also selected for the BBC Between The Covers book club. Twisted, Fifty-Fifty and The Devil's Advocate were all Sunday Times Top 10 bestsellers.

Follow Steve on Facebook at facebook.com/SSCav1 and Twitter @SteveCavanagh_