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Ancien escroc devenu avocat, Eddie Flynn a connu les deux carrières et décidé de ne plus plaider. Le chef de la mafia russe va pourtant l’y obliger : pour le convaincre d’assurer sa défense, il a enlevé sa fille et menace de l’exécuter. Détail supplémentaire : Eddie devra se présenter devant le juge avec une ceinture d’explosifs dans le dos.
Flynn a quarante-huit heures pour gagner le procès du siècle. Le FBI scrute le moindre de ses gestes. Pour un bon avocat, c’est presque mission impossible ; un simple arnaqueur baisserait sûrement les bras. Mais on parle d’Eddie, là. L’adrénaline, il aime ça.
« Quand John Grisham rencontre Bruce Willis, c’est speed et intelligent. » Irish Independent
La Défense est le premier roman de Steve Cavanagh. Lui-même avocat, il a remporté le plus gros procès pour discrimination raciale d’Irlande du Nord. Avant ça, il a fait tous les métiers. Il a donc appris à se débrouiller.
Genre: Mystery
Flynn a quarante-huit heures pour gagner le procès du siècle. Le FBI scrute le moindre de ses gestes. Pour un bon avocat, c’est presque mission impossible ; un simple arnaqueur baisserait sûrement les bras. Mais on parle d’Eddie, là. L’adrénaline, il aime ça.
« Quand John Grisham rencontre Bruce Willis, c’est speed et intelligent. » Irish Independent
La Défense est le premier roman de Steve Cavanagh. Lui-même avocat, il a remporté le plus gros procès pour discrimination raciale d’Irlande du Nord. Avant ça, il a fait tous les métiers. Il a donc appris à se débrouiller.
Genre: Mystery
Praise for this book
"THE DEFENCE is everything a great thriller should be and I can't wait to see more of Eddie Flynn." - Mark Billingham
"Get ready for a legal thriller that'll grab you by the throat . . . Eddie Flynn makes his explosive debut." - Gerard Brennan
"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!" - John Lescroart
"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." - Brian McGilloway
"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." - Adrian McKinty
"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." - Stuart Neville
"Get ready for a legal thriller that'll grab you by the throat . . . Eddie Flynn makes his explosive debut." - Gerard Brennan
"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!" - John Lescroart
"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." - Brian McGilloway
"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." - Adrian McKinty
"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." - Stuart Neville
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Title: The Defence
Author(s): Steve Cavanagh
ISBN: 1-4091-5229-4 / 978-1-4091-5229-3 (UK edition)
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Paperback Editions
July 2019 : UK Paperback
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2001 : UK Paperback
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May 2016 : USA Audio CD
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April 2015 : UK Audio CD
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Title: The Defence
Author(s): Steve Cavanagh
ISBN: 1-4450-4997-X / 978-1-4450-4997-7 (UK edition)
Publisher: ISIS Audio Books
Availability: Amazon UK
March 2015 : USA Audio edition
March 2015 : Australia Audio edition
March 2015 : Canada Audio edition
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May 2016 : USA Kindle edition

Title: The Defense: A Novel (Eddie Flynn Book 1)
Author(s): Steve Cavanagh
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Availability: Amazon
March 2015 : Canada Kindle edition

Title: The Defence: Win the trial. Or lose his life.
Author(s): Steve Cavanagh
Publisher: Orion
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