The follow up to THIRTEEN and FIFTY FIFTY: The Devil's Advocate (Eddie Flynn Series)

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ive never been so furious with a story before. and i understand that thats the point - books should make you feel something, especially when racism, white supremacy, and police corruption are still such on-going problems to this day. but when a story puts me in an incurable bad mood for hours after finishing the book, is that really a good reading experience? Books can change minds, equip us, empower us though. Sadly, Cavanaugh stepped out of his lane (visiting Alabama only, since he lives in Ireland) & chose to take the easy way out & write to caricatures. I really couldn't be more disappointed.

Kudos, Mr. Cavanagh, for another great piece. A crowded genre, for sure, but your storytelling abilities help you stand out in the crowd! But as usual Eddie never gives up, the court scenes are fantastic, and amongst all these thrills and jaw dropping events we also have humour.Randall Korn , also called as “ King of Death Row” is Eddie’s biggest challenge till now in his whole career. The guy has a weird fascination with death penalties and the fact that he has never lost a case and has sent more people to death row than any other district attorney in history (115 convictions in 17 years) is really insane and intimidating. The Devils Advocate is yet another exciting thrilling story involving the wonderful Eddie Flynn and his small team. Each time I start Mr Cavanagh’s latest book I think he can’t do any better than the previous one, every time he proves me wrong, as he certainly did with this tour de force. If you want great Southern books by those who are seeking to bring honest looks, yet real characters, all the layers needed, I suggest S.A. Cosby & his recs (I reached out to him to ask)-David Joy, Brian Panowich, Laura Hightower, Alice Walker, Ernest J. Gaines and Deesha Philyaw. Y'all, we have to be brave readers & admit when we want to take a path of least resistance. On tough topics, we need to choose otherwise. Shooting or stabbing someone wasn’t the same for Korn. Too animalistic. Korn killed using the power of his office, and his mind, and his skill. And that gave him more pleasure than he could ever have imagined’

In this instalment of the excellent series Eddie and his team take on Randall Korn, the DA of Sunville Co, Alabama. Korn is a killer using his office as cover as he’s sent more people to their deaths than any other DA. Andy Dubois is arrested by sheriff Colt Lomax for the murder of popular Skylar Edwards, the town is out for revenge and Andy has little hope of a fair trial. Shadowy government fixer Alexander Berlin persuade Eddie to take the case when Andy‘s lawyer disappears. The team are about as welcome as Typhoid Mary. Can the “cavalry“ save Andy? Korn knew it. And he didn’t care. He didn’t become a prosecutor in a death-penalty state to concern himself with guilt or innocence. It was the system that appealed to him. Justice was simply a cloak he wore to disguise his true nature.” An innocent man, Andy Dubois, faces the death penalty for the murder of young girl. Korn has already fixed things to make sure he wins a fast conviction. When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something.”

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When David Child, a major client of a corrupt New York law firm, is arrested for murder, the FBI ask con-artist-turned-lawyer Eddie Flynn to secure Child as his client and force him to testify against the firm. Honestly, I found this guy very interesting. His obsession with death penalties, his aura, the way he didn’t get off by physically killing people but by killing with his legal power really made me wonder and want to know more about him. He has had a tragic past which makes sense but I’m glad what happened to him later cause he had it coming.

Skylar Edwards, a promising young woman, has been brutally murdered and her co-worker Andy Dubois is accused of the crime. It doesn't seem to matter that his confession was coerced or that there are questionable witnesses. The evidence against Andy seems a bit too convenient but is tough to overcome. DA Randal Korn feels he has another death row sentence all sown up. How can Andy get a fair trial when everyone is convinced that he's guilty? Faced with physical evidence that’s almost impossible to overcome and a DA who is intent on increasing the number of death penalty cases he’s won, Eddie Flynn has the most difficult case of his career in front of him.

Taking Eddie out of the city adds a new dimension to the story. The setting of Alabama adds a level of tension that’s hard to explain – a god fearing, gun loving, historically, very racially divided state. I’m not sure there could have been a better place to set the story. That is not to say that all of the locals have been painted in a negative light and there are many who are willing to step up and be counted when they see corruption in pay, no matter which side of the racial divide they stand on. But it is a kind of tinderbox situation, that small town vibe, the suspicion of big city outsiders, and that undercurrent of extremism that feeds throughout the story which stems from a point of some very thorough research and total authenticity. Also, the PROLOGUE can be skipped if you want to avoid reading the graphic description of the NINE excruciating minutes it took for one of Korn’s Victims to die by electric chair. Thank you to Steve Cavanagh, the publishers and Netgalley for an ARC, in exchange for an honest review. After reading Cavanagh’s additional footnotes and revealing that four judges are currently responsible for 15% of the total number of death sentences in the US. I was intrigued to learn more.