To The Last Page

There are two ways you can approach Steve Canavagh's first novel featuring Eddie Flynn lawyer-extraordinaire. You can try to justify whether the whole set-up is credible, or you can try and figure out where it's possibly going to go. Canavagh makes the choice an easy one to make. From the first line, first page, you're wondering - 'where is this going next?' If you're hoping that the whole idea might eventually stack up, The Defence is a bit more of a tough sell. Eddie Flynn, top lawyer, hustler, con-artist, pickpocket, former prize-fighter, just happens to be near superhuman, invincible and impossible to out-wit. There's a backstory in his unconventional upbringing that accounts for this to some extent, but still... the situation he finds himself in at the start of The Defence is unusual and about to reveal many more surprises. Just out of rehab, having packed in his practice, Eddie is given an offer he can't refuse to represent a Russian mafia boss. ...