The Defence

Zusatztext 'From the first paragraph to the last! this is a legal thriller you will not want to put down.' Informationen zum Autor Steve Cavanagh was born and raised in Belfast before leaving for Dublin at the age of eighteen to study Law. He currently practices civil rights law and has been involved in several high profile cases; in 2010 he represented a factory worker who suffered racial abuse in the workplace and won the largest award of damages for race discrimination in Northern Ireland legal history. He holds a certificate in Advanced Advocacy and lectures on various legal subjects (but really he just likes to tell jokes). He is married with two young children. Follow Steve on Facebook at facebook.com/SSCav1 and Twitter @SSCav Klappentext 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 forty-eight hours to defend Volchek in an impossible murder trial - and win - if he 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? Vorwort Eddie Flynn has 48 hours to save his daughter... Nail-biting tension and exhilarating action in this brilliant legal thriller that fans of John Grisham and Lee Child will love. Zusammenfassung Eddie Flynn has 48 hours to save his daughter... Nail-biting tension and exhilarating action in this brilliant legal thriller that fans of John Grisham and Lee Child will love.

'From the first paragraph to the last, this is a legal thriller you will not want to put down.'

Vorwort

Eddie Flynn has 48 hours to save his daughter...
Nail-biting tension and exhilarating action in this brilliant legal thriller that fans of John Grisham and Lee Child will love.

Autorentext

Steve Cavanagh was born and raised in Belfast before leaving for Dublin at the age of eighteen to study Law. He currently practices civil rights law and has been involved in several high profile cases; in 2010 he represented a factory worker who suffered racial abuse in the workplace and won the largest award of damages for race discrimination in Northern Ireland legal history. He holds a certificate in Advanced Advocacy and lectures on various legal subjects (but really he just likes to tell jokes). He is married with two young children.

Follow Steve on Facebook at facebook.com/SSCav1 and Twitter @SSCav

Klappentext

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 forty-eight hours to defend Volchek in an impossible murder trial - and win - if he 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?

Zusammenfassung
Eddie Flynn has 48 hours to save his daughter... Nail-biting tension and exhilarating action in this brilliant legal thriller that fans of John Grisham and Lee Child will love.