"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." -Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Radiant Angel
Eddie Flynn used to be a con artist. Then he became a lawyer. Turns out the two jobs aren-t all that different. . .
He vowed never to set foot in a courtroom again after a case gone disastrously wrong. But today Eddie doesn-t have a choice. Because this time, it-s personal.
The head of the Russian mob in New York City, on trial for murder, has kidnapped Eddie-s beloved ten-year-old daughter. 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. . .
-a rush of double-crosses, switched detonators, mob maneuvering,
and some savvy lawyering. Cavanagh keeps th