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The Cross
- Author
- Steve Cavanagh
- Narrator
- Adam Sims
- Publisher
- Headline
- Publish Date
- 18 November 2025
- Run Time
- 4 hours 30 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Eddie Flynn, con-man turned criminal lawyer, has an impossible choice.
He has damning evidence against a corrupt NYPD detective who stands accused of killing a suspect.
But if he uses this evidence in court, both he and his client - the dead man's widow - will be in mortal danger.
Should he risk their lives to win the case? Or keep quiet and let a murderer go free.
'Everything a great thriller should be and I can't wait to see more of Eddie Flynn.' Mark Billingham
'Jack Reacher's younger, hotter-headed brother.' Irish Times
Critics Review
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Everything a great thriller should be . . . I can't wait to see more of Eddie Flynn
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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 on THE DEFENCE
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Reads a lot like a courtroom drama that Lee Child might write about Jack Reacher's younger, hotter-headed brother
IRISH TIMES on THE DEFENCE
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Puts the "thrill" back in "legal thriller". Non-stop action, unexpected and totally cool plot twists, a sympathetic genius of a con-man/attorney, and a clock that never ever ever stops ticking -- this isn't narrative drive, it's rocket-like narrative propulsion! Hop aboard and enjoy the ride!
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Imagine THE VERDICT's Frank Galvin crossed with THE FIRM's Mitch McDeere and you'd get something like Eddie Flynn, the quick thinking, troubled, kinetic lead of Steve Cavanagh's debut thriller . . . A deliriously fast and enjoyable ride from the next big Irish crime fiction star. Highly recommended
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Get ready for a legal thriller that'll grab you by the throat . . . Eddie Flynn makes his explosive debut
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'A full-on thrill-ride that hits the gas on page one and doesn't let up until the end. Steve blends a taut legal thriller with a ticking-clock suspense plot and throws in a great protagonist in the form of Eddie Flynn that readers will want to see again and again. A terrific debut'
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Like Mickey Haller and Mitch McDeere before him, readers will love lawyer Eddie Flynn, the star of this high-octane, hugely entertaining legal thriller. On the evidence of this blistering debut, we'll be hearing much more of Steve Cavanagh
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Steve Cavanagh manages to pull off not only a terrific courtroom drama, but also a bit of an edge-of-the-seat thriller, some witty and darkly humorous moments and a character you will fall in love with
LIZ LOVES BOOKS on THE DEFENCE
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Thriller readers, Michael Connelly readers, book readers, pick up THE DEFENCE, I almost guarantee you won't regret it. An addictive read from start to finish and one that I have no hesitation in recommending
BOOK ADDICT SHAUN on THE DEFENCE
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It's sharp, clever and a brilliantly executed thriller. And it's not often I write those words. THE DEFENCE is a great debut, and here's hoping there's more of Eddie Flynn to come
RAVEN CRIME READS on THE DEFENCE
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A fast-paced courtroom thriller that is so much more than a prosecutor, a defence lawyer and a ruthless defendant. This is one book I'd love to see made into a film
MILORAMBLES on THE DEFENCE
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From the first paragraph to the last, this is a legal thriller you will not want to put down
WOMAN'S WAY on THE DEFENCE
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Details
- Author
- Steve Cavanagh
- Narrator
- Adam Sims
- Duration
- 4 hours 30 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 November 2025
- ISBN
- 9781035435715
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Headline
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction
Synopsis
A digital-exclusive Eddie Flynn novella from the author of THE DEFENCE. Eddie Flynn, con-man turned criminal lawyer, has an impossible choice.He has damning evidence against a corrupt NYPD detective who stands accused of killing a suspect.But if he uses this evidence in court, both he and his client - the dead man's widow - will be in mortal danger.Should he risk their lives to win the case? Or keep quiet and let a murderer go free.'Everything a great thriller should be and I can't wait to see more of Eddie Flynn.' Mark Billingham'Jack Reacher's younger, hotter-headed brother.' Irish Times
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