"Fifty-Fifty", by Steve Cavanagh

Eddie Flynn, book #5

A legal Thriller:

This is the second book I had the pleasure to read and I assure you that Mr. Cavanagh has won my heart: I simply love his style, I am totally addicted. Although this latest is part of a series, it stands well by itself. We have enough background to satisfy us and move forward without being lost.

“Fifty-Fifty” is a straightforward drama featuring Eddie Flynn, a maverick lawyer who is out to help people. He can tell when someone is lying and he concentrates on those he thinks are innocent, he doesn’t defend the guilty ones.

This brings me to the plot in few words:

A murder was committed. The victim’s daughters are the prime suspects: which one is the murderer and why is the other being framed….Alexandra and Sofia’s reputation preceded them. Yet not only one of them is a murderer but also a serial killer, a psychopath, utterly cold with one thing in minds framing her sister……At trial, the evidence could either way…..and the courtroom scenes are exciting and well-done.

Our job as reader is to find out which sister is guilty. The story told from the point of view of the two lawyers defending the sisters and “She” the sister who is the killer. “She, the killer is a calculating and very determined individual. Did I ever spent time trying to pin point which one did it. Mid way I though I had identified her. Then, this story threw in so many double bluffs and false leads, back and forth it went everything lead to one then the other but why would a daughter commit patricide?

I like the characters; Kate the other defending lawyer is a bit formulaic and the supporting cast quite cliché but these minor flaws doesn’t remove anything from this story. It is well-said and well-done.

Many thanks to Atria Books for this ARC