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 tickingE--New York Times-bestselling author John Lescroart. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) This edition of the book is the deluxe, tall rack mass market paperback.. -- Dallas Morning News 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.
Cavanagh keeps things hopping. a rush of double-crosses, switched detonators, mob maneuvering, and some savvy lawyering. . .
Now Eddie has exactly forty-eight hours to draw upon his razor-sharp instincts and use every con, bluff, grift, and trick in the book to defend an impossible trial and save his daughter--or die trying.
The head of the Russian mob in New York City, on trial for murder, has kidnapped Eddie\'s beloved ten-year-old daughter.
Because this time, it\'s personal.
But today Eddie doesn\'t have a choice.
He vowed never to set foot in a courtroom again after a case gone disastrously wrong. . .
Turns out the two jobs aren\'t all that different.
Then he became a lawyer. -- Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Radiant Angel Eddie Flynn used to be a con artist.
If you\'re a fan of John Grisham, Scott Turow, and Brad Meltzer, then you will be a fan of Steve Cavanagh\'s The Defense .
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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 tickingE--New York Times-bestselling author John Lescroart
