Fifty-Fifty: The Number One Ebook Bestseller, Sunday Times Bestseller, BBC2 Between the Covers Book of the Week and Richard and Judy Bookclub pick (Eddie Flynn Series)

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Fifty-Fifty is a blast to the genitals. Its swift, precise and you are left reeling on the floor. I am obsessed with courtroom dramas. This began when I was a member of a Jury – the atmosphere, the tension and the responsibility emits a fizzing spark within me. Watching and waiting to see just how it is going to pan out.

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Tabitha Hardy is in prison for murder, as House of Correction opens. But she’s convinced it won’t be for long: “I still feel like I’m in the middle of a car crash and the crash is going on and on and on. But soon they’ll realise that all of this is crazy and let me go.” The problem is that Tabitha can’t remember the details of what happened on the day Stuart Rees’s corpse was found in the shed outside her house; she suffers from severe depression and “she couldn’t remember that day, or only a few snatches. It had been a day of wild weather and of a crouching fear. The kind of day she had to crawl blindly through, just to get to the end.” The killer is absolutely genius in her way of killing and she is merciless to the point where she actually enjoys the thought of hurting people.It was a dark and stormy night. Lightning flashed and thunder rolled across the sky. Rain spattered a mysterious, hooded stranger who peered over th Eddie's not a man to be coerced into representing a guilty client, but the FBI have incriminating files on Eddie's wife, and if Eddie won't play ball, she'll pay the price. The supporting cast are suitably helpful in a pondering way in pitting their wits against a revealed strategic mastermind and the rest are regular stereotypes that assist in making Fifty Fifty an engaging lightweight read.

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Eddie Flynn used to be a con artist. Then he became a lawyer. Turned out the two weren't that different. They were Hollywood's hottest power couple. They had the world at their feet. Now one of them is dead and Hollywood star Robert Solomon is charged with the brutal murder of his beautiful wife. It got to a point when I started to question the ability of every character concerned about why – as professionals – they were incapable of linking ALL the murders, which gradually implicated and gave motive to identify the killer Eddie only has 48 hours to defend Volchek in an impossible murder trial—and win—if he wants to save his daughter.Steve Cavanagh is the bestselling author of the Eddie Flynn novels and standalone thrillers. In 2018 The Liarwon the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger for crime novel of the year. In 2019 Thirteen won the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the year 2019. All of his novels have either been nominated for awards, or have won awards internationally. The structure of the book is really the best thing about it. We have the story told from the point of view of the two lawyers defending the sisters and from the mysterious ‘She’, the sister who is the killer. This set up works very well until two thirds in, when you just want the book to end so you can congratulate yourself or commiserate on being astute or oblivious to who did it. 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. It was a dark and stormy night. Lightning flashed and thunder rolled across the sky. Rain spattered a mysterious, hooded stranger who peered over the hedgerow at the darkened, quiet house.” My favorite character is Kate Brooks. Her character development felt so good. There were many important topics touched in this book like the #metoo movement or the nation divided by race etc.

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This book is more than just a crime thriller. It shows how Kate Brooks stood up to her harassing boss and turned the tables. Every time I think I had caught the identity of the murderer, the very next chapter makes me rethink my choice. This happens almost throughout the book. The second point would be how likely would it be that a moral compass would win the day? Though satisfying it was to have the two defence lawyers meet up and thrash out the evidence and theories, I’m not entirely sure if that is legal or realistic. However because both Kate and Eddie are such reasonable people, I’m going to let it slide.Fifty Fifty is a straightforward courtroom drama: One daughter is a murderer. The other has been framed. Yet, spoiler alert. one daughter is not only a murderer but is really a serial killer. Totally a psychopath, no remorse, utterly cold and fixated on her agenda. The job of the reader, like the jury is to find out which sister is the guilty one and to ensure that the innocent sibling doesn’t get sentenced instead. Hence the title 50:50. The evidence meant it could go either way. Opening Fifty-Fifty felt like a door slamming shut behind you when you know no one is home. Cavanagh knew my weakness and he wasn’t afraid to manipulate it. Book Group conclusion was it’s a easy beach type read, with some liking it a lot more than others who got fed up with the twist and turns. Group review 6 out of 10 I can only surmised that recruitment wasn’t attempted because it was obvious that she was in the middle of her own end game and had no interest in anyone else’s agenda, rather than because she was unbalanced. Reading clients and reading juries was my bag. This case wasn’t normal. There was nothing remotely normal about it. This was the first verdict that I couldn’t call. I was too close to it. In my mind, it was an even split. The verdict may as well come down to a coin toss. A fifty- fifty. Eddie Flynn The Sisters