The Defense

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In his latest book, Thirteen, Steve Cavanagh touches on the lives of celebrities in Hollywood: the movie stars, fixers, gossip, politics, and the glamorous world overall. The main enemy in the book is Joshua Kane who is much more evil and ruthless than even Hannibal Lector, the character of the author’s first read as a teen. This time, it will end up being a blessing in disguise. Because if I had read this one first, I may not have continued the series, thinking that he might always be defending “the Mob”and I would have missed out on “Thirteen”. Everything a reader could ask for in a thriller —nail-biting suspense, a Russian nesting doll of a plot, and an original and compelling lead.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

A compulsive read that had everything; intelligent plot building, unexpected twists, deliciously evil characters, the flawed but omniscient lawyer, and story telling that was remarkably visual. However, the standout was the way in which the lawyer out manoeuvred and manipulated the evidence, the witnesses, the prosecution team, and even the Russian mob. Intelligent and cryptically divine. Now added to one of my favourite crime / thrillers ever. After moving to the field of civil rights, in 2010 he took on a racial abuse case representing a factory worker. This case resulted in a landmark damages ruling, and it made Steve Cavanagh quite famous all over again. Don’t get me wrong,” he says, “there are a number of writers working today that nail courtroom scenes and how the art of advocacy really works.

The only real person who was of any influence for Eddie was Clarence Darrow,” says Steve. “Darrow was one of the finest advocates of the last 100 years. In 2018, Steve Cavanagh won the Golden Dagger Best Book Awards, The Liar. The award is given by the Crime Writer’s Association to the best crime novel of the year. Praise for Steve Cavanagh Some writers are focussed on gritty realism, and I enjoy those kind of books as a reader, but personally, I’ve always been more interested in the spectacular because that’s entertaining and that’s what gets the reader’s blood pumping.” He wasn’t going to shoot me on Chambers Street in front of thirty witnesses. He was going to blow me up along with God knew how many victims.

At that time I didn’t believe I had the skill as a writer to create two compelling lead characters, and that splitting the action between the two of them would unbalance the book. Then the lawyer will reach behind the ear of the witness and produce a pound coin. That’s a good cross-examination. A great cross-examiner will make the witness reach behind their own ear and produce a pound coin.” Another reason for the US setting was that Steve loves writing fast-paced legal thrillers. The British way is much slower, so the books can’t take place there, especially since there is the dual system of representation (solicitor and barristers) which doesn’t exist in the US, which would have needed the addition of a second main character that the author didn’t want to introduce into the story. The truth has no place in a courtroom. The only thing that matters is what the prosecution can prove.” urn:lcp:defense0000cava_a1h2:epub:0fe4d58e-f107-4049-b327-de9abedc9837 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier defense0000cava_a1h2 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t66528m62 Invoice 1652 Isbn 9781250082251

Multibuys

While during the day he was working at his legal firm, at night, when everyone at home was asleep, he was writing his book. This way, he managed to finish his first draft within a year. He sent it to several publishing houses but got over 30 rejections. I finished reading this about 1 month Once he was a petty (but successful) conman, but was urged to use his skills to the general good and study to be a lawyer. At the time he was helped by a desire to see the medical insurance companies that badly let down his mother, see some justice. The ability to bring the same skills to parallel careers also applies to Steve, a Belfast-based solicitor who specialises in discrimination and employment law under his real name, Stephen Mearns. Eddie Flynn used to be a con artist. Then he became a lawyer. Turns out the two jobs aren’t all that different. . .