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Your client is innocent. Your wife is guilty.
Who would you fight for?
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'Quite simply, THE PLEA is one of the most purely entertaining books you'll read this year' John Connolly
'A gripping thriller' Ian Rankin
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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 persuade 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 . . .
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Praise for race-against-time legal thriller writer, Steve Cavanagh
'A fantastic thriller writer' Mark Billingham
'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
'What a thriller! Breathlessly brilliant and fiendishly clever' Miranda Dickinson
'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
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If you like John Grisham, Lee Child and Michael Connelly, you will LOVE the gripping and twisty Eddie Flynn series
1. The Defence
2. The Plea
3. The Liar
4. Thirteen
* Each Eddie Flynn thriller can be read as a standalone or in series order *
Read Online The Plea His client is innocent His wife is guilty Eddie Flynn edition by Steve Cavanagh Professional Technical eBooks
"I love this character Eddie Flynn. If I ever needed a lawyer (God forbid) Eddie is my choice. A lawyer who admits he's a con man right up front. Precious! The supporting characters are well done and easy to visualize without a lot of tedious explanation. One of my favorites was The Lizard. This is the kind of friend that you need when things are going into the dump. I also enjoyed Eddie's humor.
I hope this author is already working on bringing Eddie out of retirement. I am looking forward to the next "hopeless" situation that only a con man can get out of."
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The Plea His client is innocent His wife is guilty Eddie Flynn edition by Steve Cavanagh Professional Technical eBooks Reviews
- I think I should start with a warning to the prospective reader You may not be able to put this book down until you finish it at some ungodly hour of the morning. Author Steve Cavanagh has a real talent when ending each chapter, a hook that makes you want to go on to the next chapter.
The many characters are compelling and fascinating. Attorney Eddie Flynn is trying his best to defend his client, billionaire David Child, while his own wife and daughter are in jeopardy. It certainly appears that Child is guilty of murder but Flynn is convinced of his innocence. Then we have District Attorney Zader (don’t call him Darth) who only wants a conviction so that he can run for a higher political office. Flynn has a sidekick known as The Lizard who refers to himself in the third person. Then we have an FBI agent named Dell who has some distinctly unconventional ideas about achieving justice.
There’s also a huge amount of money at stake. Child has developed a computer algorithm that moves cash around the world at lightning speeds, a “laundering program†done for his parent company, and they have no interest at all in Child’s acquittal.
The plot moves steadily with lots of surprises along the way. To make the reading experience more enjoyable, there are plenty of scenes with snappy legal dialogue that bring unexpected levity to an otherwise serious business. All things considered this is one of the best legal thrillers I’ve read in quite a long time. - This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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Lawyers don’t usually question whether or not a client is telling truth. That way lies madness. You do what you have to and trust the system. So, the guilty plead guilty. The innocent fight their case and the jury decides. If a by-product of that process is the emergence of the truth, then so be it, but the truth is not the aim of the process. The verdict is the aim. Truth has no place in the trial because no one is concerned with finding it, least of all the lawyers or the judge.
If that's not cynical enough for you, try this
I saw through Dell’s game. It was a familiar one. It’s a game the justice system plays every single day in America--because sometimes it simply doesn’t matter if you’re really innocent of the crime; the only smart move is to plead guilty and make a deal for a lesser sentence.
“You want me to read the new evidence and tell David that irrespective of his innocence, he will definitely be convicted and his only choice is to plead guilty and make a deal to cut his sentence.â€
“Bingo,†said Dell.
Happens all the time. I’ve done it myself. Innocent people often don’t want to take the chance of losing and doing fifteen or twenty years when they could make a deal and be out in two. It’s mathematics--not justice, but that's the reality.
Don't worry -- this book is not a diatribe about the shortcomings of the American judicial system (as appropriate as one might be), little comments like that are just a little bit of flavoring accenting the story, grounding it in the real world despite the craziness filling the book.
Eddie Flynn, for those new to the character, is a con man who went straight and then went to Law School. Following that, he made a couple big mistakes -- one cost him the career he had built, the other cost him his family. He's in the process of rebuilding both -- no easy task -- but you have to root for the guy trying to recover.
Eddie's approached (okay, ambushed) by the FBI, who wants Eddie to take on a new client, David Child. Child's a tech billionaire accused of murdering his girlfriend, and the FBI wants Eddie to convince him to plead to the charges. Then he needs to convince Eddie to help the FBI take down the law firm that currently represents him -- and is laundering money on a mind-boggling scale. If Eddie refuses? The FBI has enough evidence to put Eddie's ex away for a long time (did I mention that she works for the aforementioned firm, totally unaware that she's incriminated in the laundering?).
So, somehow Eddie has to separate Child from his current counsel, replace them, and then persuade Child to work with the FBI -- within a couple of days. No easy task. Then Eddie becomes convinced that Child is innocent. Which complicates things tremendously. So how does Eddie clear Child, keep his wife out of jail and help the FBI take down the laundering lawyers? Well, it'll take every bit of his old tricks, and maybe a few new ones.
I'm not a huge legal thriller guy -- never read a Grisham -- but when you give me a compelling character (particularly a defense attorney) like Eddie Flynn, I'm in. Watching Eddie navigate through the tricky waters of the system -- including jail guards, court staff, judges, prosecutors -- is a blast. This was like a serious version of the Andy Carpenter books. I would like to see Eddie take on a client he because he wanted to for a change, but that's not a complaint about this book, it'd just be nice to see.
Sure, it's your appreciation for Eddie Flynn that'll determine if you like this book or not, but he's not the only character to focus on -- there's David Child himself, who is interestingly drawn -- he's a fairly typical computer-genius character, socially awkward, etc. Typical, yes, but used well. My only complaint about Child's associate, Holly, is that we didn't get more of her (not that Cavanagh could've easily fit more of her in). The villains? Nasty, vile people -- believable (with one possible exception, but I liked him enough I don't care) -- all of them were well used, well drawn and just what the doctor ordered.
The Plea isn't perfect I figured out the whodunit almost instantly, but it took a little while to get the details of the howdunit right -- and Cavanagh fooled me a little bit on that one. But that didn't detract from the book at all -- the fun is in watching Eddie and the rest scramble to survive this horrible situation and figure things out. The plot moves at a relentless pace -- which is a cliché, I realize, but I challenge you to come up with another way to describe this plot. Eddie can barely get a moment to rest and think, and when you're reading this, you feel like you can't either.
Characters you can't help but root for (or, in some cases, against), a fast-moving plot, with just enough twists, turns and hurdles. This one'll grab you by the collar and drag you along as it rushes to the dramatic conclusion (not that you'll be fighting against it, but the dragging will help you keep up). Keep yours eyes peeled for Steve Cavanagh and Eddie Flynn, they're something to watch. - I really enjoyed this book. Maybe the plot is a bit over the top, but no more so than a great many similar books I have read that do not have the courtroom drama that this book contains. I recommend this book if you enjoy vivid courtroom action and a very interesting plot.
- I agree with other reviewers that this was a page turner and that I kept reading into the early morning until I finished the book. I loved the courtroom drama, which I thought was the best part of the book. The banter back and forth was excellent. Plenty of suspense and twisty plots. Looking forward to the next in the series if there is one.
- I love this character Eddie Flynn. If I ever needed a lawyer (God forbid) Eddie is my choice. A lawyer who admits he's a con man right up front. Precious! The supporting characters are well done and easy to visualize without a lot of tedious explanation. One of my favorites was The Lizard. This is the kind of friend that you need when things are going into the dump. I also enjoyed Eddie's humor.
I hope this author is already working on bringing Eddie out of retirement. I am looking forward to the next "hopeless" situation that only a con man can get out of. - I have become hooked on the Eddie Flynn books and this was no exception. Flynn is talked into a quick case where all he needs to do is get his new client to take a plea. Unfortunately Eddie believes his client is innocent, but to win he has to solve the mystery in less than 24 hours. But there is more at stake. Flynn’s wife may have to go to prison if the client won’t take the plea. Trapped between his clients innocence and his need to clear his wife, Flynn must pull out all the tricks in his bag to achieve some kind of miracle. Cavanaugh has created a series that is impossible to put down.
- WOW. Eddie is an interesting con man who puts his experience to work as a lawyer and defense attorney. He believes in his ability to see the truth and discern who are the good guys and who are the bad ones. He has the ability to look at the details, to free his client and expose corruption in high places. It was a great read! I hope to read more by Steve Cavanagh.
- Another excellent, spellbinding book. I didn’t want to put it down. There were a few editorial mistakes like someone working for CBS 60 Minutes on one page and CNN a few pages later, but they didn’t detract from the story. I’m a huge fan of Eddie Flynn and Steve Cavanaugh’s writing!
