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isabel_richards's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
4.0
Found about this author from a book club podcast and wow is he good. Twists and turns until the very last page - he really keeps you on your toes. Just when you think you’ve figured it out, there’s another curveball. The characters are well developed and layered too (men, women, victims, murderer etc.). I found myself really identifying with some of the female characters. I loved the insight into the American legal system too. BRB reading all Cavanagh’s stuff now.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Murder
Minor: Sexual assault
beckyyreadss's review
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This series always manages to baffle me, and I was wondering how he can keep going on with the trials and crimes in New York. But he always does.
This book has multiple point of view, but it mainly follows Eddie Flynn who was once a con man, an ex-lawyer who had a lot of interesting cases during this series. This case is the most chaotic yet. The Sandman killings have been solved, Daniel Miller has murdered fourteen people before he vanished and his wife, Carrie now faces trial as his accomplice. The FBI, the District Attorney, the media and everyone in America believes she knew and helped cover up her husband’s crimes. Eddie will never take a case unless his client is innocent. Now he just needs to prove to a jury and the entire world that Carrie is another victim of the Sandmans. She didn’t know her husband’s dark side and she has had no part in the murders. But so far, Eddie and his team are the only ones who believe her. Then there is Gabriel Lake he is a former FBI agent, before someone tried to kill him. Now he is an investigator with a vendetta against the Sandman. He believes he is the only one who can catch him, because he believes that everything the FBI know about serial killers is wrong. The Sandman is forced to come out of hiding to save her from a life sentence. He will kill to protect her, and everyone involved in the case is a target.
During this series, I have never got tired of the courtroom chapters and seeing Eddie Flynn kick ass as a lawyer, in TV shows and movies we are always fighting the defence attorney because we know that they are guilty but reading it from the side that they are innocent is so fascinating. The storyline is intriguing and the characters on the team are easy to love, I especially loved seeing more of Denise in this book and her just questioning if her boss is normal for what he is asking her to do. My favourite chapter in these books is when everything makes sense, when all the pieces of the game plan has fell into place and all the players are in the game. I always want Eddie to succeed, and I want him to stop losing female friends/ love interests.
As Eddie says everyone has a tell. I think I've gotten used to Steve’s style of writing and how these stories go that I guessed who was lying and who was being played quite quickly. There is one thing I would say that I didn’t like personally, a book peeve of mine, is small chapters. However, for once it worked. Especially as the tension was building and then changed to somewhere else. This was the second time this series had multiple POVs which just made it better and I loved it.
I didn’t lose interest in this book like I did with the first couple of books at the start of the series but I wasn’t as shocked as I was with Thirteen or as frustrated as I was with Devil’s Advocate. I cannot wait to see what Eddie Flynn faces next.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Addiction, and Animal cruelty
Minor: Vomit, Stalking, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury
sterregeertsema's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Nice fast read with some good plot twists i didnt saw coming. Also the tension was good throughout the book
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder and Blood
Moderate: Infidelity and Suicide
librariangeorgia's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Well, he’s done it again! Yet another fantastic book by Cavanagh.
Such a clever concept, just like his previous books. It’s fast-paced and full of twists along with clever reveals.
I knew that everything wouldn’t be as it seems, I just did not guess the second part of the twist!
If you’re looking for a thriller that keeps you on your toes, this is the one for you.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Stalking, Confinement, Infidelity, Murder, Death, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders
alisonannk's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Torture
Moderate: Death of parent, Cursing, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Stalking and Vomit
whatischellereading's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
The serial killer known as the Sandman has been identified as Daniel Miller - now on the run after murdering fourteen people. His wife Carrie has been arrested and is about to stand trial as his accomplice. Everyone is convinced she knew about her husbands crimes but now Eddie Flynn has to prove to them all that Carrie is just another victim of the Sandman. As she stand trial the Sandman returns, killing witnesses in the hope to get his wife an aquittal...
This book is one massive twist after the other! With characters returning and new characters being introduced you were gripped to every page waiting to find out more about them and then obviously desperate to know how the court case ends - will Carrie be convicted?!
I love the Eddie Flynn series - no one can argue that these books are electric! I cannot recommend these books to every one who loves a crime thriller as Steve Cavanagh is up there as one of the best I've ever read!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement and Kidnapping
Moderate: Murder and Injury/Injury detail
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