Joint Review: The Defense by Steve Cavanagh

Author:Steve Cavanagh
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Publication Date: May 2016

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?

I'll admit to being a little bored in the beginning of this book.  However, I'm so glad I stuck with it.  I ended up really liking the story.  For a courtroom drama, it was pretty fast paced with a great mystery.  I loved the main character.  Eddie Flynn is a conman turned defense lawyer who is forced out of retirement to defend a case no one can possibly win.  I loved how his mind worked.  He is definitely someone I want to read about again. 



I've been really trying to get back into reading since school just completely zapped all the desire to do so out of me.  This is one of the first audiobooks I was able to get into and finish.  

Eddie Flynn was a fun character.  I liked all the backstory of his upbringing and how he ended up as a defense attorney.   This was one of those movies that I could totally see being a movie.

This is the first book in a series.   I will definitely be looking into the second book.   The Plea is the next book, the third is The Liar.