The Plea

In the game of cons, you win or you die. Cavanagh's (The Defense) latest Eddie Flynn novel begins with the con artist-turned-attorney having an unexpected and unwelcome visitor in CIA agent Lester Dell. Wealthy New Yorker David Child has just been arrested for brutally murdering his girlfriend. Dell wants Flynn to con his way into becoming Child's lawyer in order to get Child to plead guilty. The incentive is a reduced prison sentence for Child if he provides evidence of money laundering by one of his clients, a prestigious law firm. If Flynn accomplishes this, Dell will protect Flynn's wife, who also works at that law firm, from prosecution. However, Flynn quickly begins to believe that Child is innocent. Can Flynn prove Child's innocence and protect his wife, too? He has to figure out this twisty game quickly before dangerous adversaries decide one murder is just not enough.