The legal eagle one

I am a big fan of legal fiction both on screen and in books. Grisham was a favorite till he went off the rails but I even remember old TV series like LA Law and The Practice. And though I adore Gabriel Macht, Suits is more style than courtroom drama. So mid-way through the synopsis of Thirteen, I got all Steve Cavanagh books and settled down to read. Since I had all his books, I decided to read them in order. The series starts with a novella The Cross. A short novella designed to reel you into the world of Eddie Flynn, it has action in spades set against a ticking clock. The hero is not suave or sophisticated but he is an ex-con artist and you find yourself rooting for him because his ethics are rock solid. The same style and pizzazz is repeated across the main 4 novels of the series (in order, that's The Defence, The Plea, The Liar and finally the serial killer book - Thirteen. The backdrop is usually Eddie Flynn taking on unwinnable cases either because he fights for the truth or he's blackmailed into is because of his wife and child. The twists keep coming as the momentum of the cases swing back and forth between Eddie and his opposing counsel. Till the final scene when Eddie manages to pull off the impossible. The suspense is whether the reader buys into Eddie's con and finishes the book satisfied.