Steve Cavanagh's The Plea - Review

The Plea by Steve Cavanagh

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Con artist turned lawyer Eddie Flynn returns in another high-stakes legal thriller by Steve Cavanagh.

Following the events of 'The Defence', Eddie has set up his own practice. Still separated from his family, he is recovering from his alcoholism and is slowly putting his life back together. But he finds himself accosted in his own office and offered an ultimatum - either he con his way into representing a man accused of murder and persuade him to plead guilty to the crime or his wife will face charges for her unknowing involvement in the crimes of the law firm she works for.

Eddie reluctantly agrees, but he soon faces a moral dilemma. He believes the accused is innocent. Eddie believes that the legal system should achieve justice, that the guilty should be punished and the innocent not be imprisoned for crimes they have not committed. He becomes determined to find a way to simultaneously see his client exonerated, avoid charges being brought unjustly against his wife, and assist in bringing down the corrupt law firm - a challenge that may come with greater sacrifices than he imagined.

Narrated from Eddie's perspective, the plot is driven by his quest for justice and his emotional peril. This is cinematic storytelling - like a legal action blockbuster on the page, full of action and sleight-of-hand twists. It's the courtroom scenes that shine the most, brimming with drama and building suspense as Eddie plays a long con in cross-examination of multiple prosecution witnesses to ultimately build the defence. The twists build to an action-packed finale.

A gripping and enjoyable novel; I am very much looking forward to reading the third in the series, 'The Liar'.



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