Review: Witness 8

Witness 8 by Steve Cavanagh
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Although this is book 8 in this series, I had no problem following it. There is just enough backstory so you can fully understand what is going on. There is no talking about past books either—at least, not that I could tell. I have never read the author or heard of Eddie Flynn, and I would most likely have passed this one up had it not been for my curiosity about a con-man turned lawyer.

As I said, Eddie Flynn was a con man; now he's a defense lawyer, and he has his fingers in just about every pie in New York. In this book, he takes on the case of a noted brain surgeon who is accused of murder.

This story is so twisty that it was a pure joy to read. Eddie and crew (yes, he has a crew!) seem to operate just outside of the law. Oh, and did I tell you that there is a hit out on Eddie? Somehow, the author does an excellent job of intertwining both plots into one seamless story. And the ending will blow you away.

Now, I want to know more about Eddie and his crew, so I've already gone and bought the first book in the series.

I must mention that this series has already been originally published in the UK, so it is not really a 'new' series. Found on Google - "Eddie Flynn books were published by Orion Books in the UK and the publisher Flatiron Books (Atria?) appears to be releasing the Eddie Flynn books in the US." But I hope he keeps writing about Eddie and the crew. It seems that a new book is slated to be published this year. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

*ARC supplied by the publisher Atria/Simon & Schuster, the author, and ATTL/Edelweiss.

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SYNOPSIS: "This riveting psychological thriller from master of twists Steve Cavanagh, author of the “unguessable and unputdownable” (Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Kill For Me, Kill for You, asks: What if the witness was more twisted than the killer?

Something is wrong with Ruby Johnson.

A former resident of the ultra-elite Manhattan upper class, Ruby now works as a maid in the type of houses she used to live in. Unassuming, she sees everyone’s dirty secrets from the inside of their beautiful, renovated brownstones. But when Ruby witnesses a murder, she has wicked plans in mind that don’t involve telling the authorities the truth.

Eddie Flynn, streetwise ex con-artist-turned-defense attorney, is the only lawyer in New York City willing to take on hopeless cases. And none is more hopeless than John Jackson’s—the gun that killed his neighbor found, with Jackson’s DNA, in his own home. Flynn and his unconventional team will need to use every trick they know to keep an innocent man from being locked up. But to save his client’s life, Eddie must first protect his own, as the scariest organized criminals in the city are out for his head.

Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell and Megan Miranda, Witness 8 is a fresh knockout page-turner from an author who is “the real deal” (Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author).

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