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Steve Cavanagh Books in Order

Browse Steve Cavanagh books in order, from Eddie Flynn legal thrillers to standalones, with summaries, reading order help and clear where‑to‑start suggestions.

Last updated: July 20, 2026

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The Cross

by Steve Cavanagh

2015

Eddie Flynn represents a widow whose husband died after a brutal police chokehold, hoping the civil case will save his failing firm. When he stumbles onto a secret squad of murderous cops, winning in court could also get them both killed.

The Defence

by Steve Cavanagh

2015

Eddie Flynn, a former con artist turned New York defense lawyer, is dragged back into court when Russian mob boss Olek Volchek straps a bomb to his back and kidnaps his daughter. With forty‑eight hours to win an impossible murder trial, Eddie must outwit gangsters, the FBI and the jury just to keep them both alive.

The Plea

by Steve Cavanagh

2016

Tech billionaire David Child is charged with killing his girlfriend and the forensics all scream guilt. The FBI forces Eddie Flynn to take the case and squeeze a plea, but Eddie soon believes Child is innocent and risks everything to prove it.

Scorpion

by Steve Cavanagh & Mark Dawson

2017

They call him Scorpion, a legendary contract killer hired to silence an investigative journalist in London. When John Milton moves to protect her, the assassin finds his perfect record threatened in a short, relentless clash between hunters.

The Liar

by Steve Cavanagh

2017

When Leonard Howell’s teenage daughter vanishes, he asks Eddie Flynn to manage a risky ransom drop. The handoff goes wrong, Howell is charged with killing his own child, and Eddie must pick apart lies, old grudges and a buried case to save him.

Thirteen

by Steve Cavanagh

2018

Eddie Flynn joins the defense team for a Hollywood actor accused of killing his wife and bodyguard in a sensational New York trial. Unbeknownst to the court, a calculating serial killer has engineered his way onto the jury, turning the case into a deadly game where Eddie is the only one who suspects the truth.

Twisted

by Steve Cavanagh

2019

Bestselling crime writer J.T. LeBeau keeps their identity secret, even from their publisher. When Maria Cooper finds a hidden fortune and becomes convinced her husband is LeBeau, she and her lover stage a robbery that unleashes murder and a chain of ruthless twists.

Fifty-Fifty

by Steve Cavanagh

2020

Two sisters separately call 911 to report that their powerful father has been stabbed, and each swears the other is the killer. As both women go on trial, Eddie Flynn defends Sofia, sifting through abuse, family secrets and media spin to work out which sister he can trust.

Book cover for "The Neon Punch" by Steve Cavanagh

The Neon Punch

by Steve Cavanagh

2020

Before becoming a lawyer, Eddie Flynn makes his living as a card-playing con artist. Set in Las Vegas, this brief prequel follows one of his high-roller hustles, offering a glimpse of the skills and past that later shape his courtroom career.

The Devil's Advocate

by Steve Cavanagh

2021

In a corrupt Alabama county obsessed with the death penalty, District Attorney Randal Korn has never lost a capital case. Eddie Flynn heads south to defend a young Black man accused of killing a girl and must fight rigged evidence, racist power brokers and a prosecutor who treats the electric chair as his prize.

The Accomplice

by Steve Cavanagh

2022

Notorious serial killer Daniel Miller, nicknamed the Sandman, has vanished, leaving his wife Carrie to face trial as his alleged accomplice. Eddie Flynn agrees to defend her, convinced she’s another victim, even as the real Sandman resumes killing and closes in on the courtroom.

Kill for Me, Kill for You

by Steve Cavanagh

2023

On New York’s Upper West Side, strangers Amanda and Wendy discover they share a desire for revenge against men who devastated their families. Their chance meeting leads them to a deadly agreement, but carrying it out proves far more dangerous than either expects.

Witness 8

by Steve Cavanagh

2024

Former Manhattan socialite Ruby Johnson now works as a maid among the wealthy residents whose secrets she observes. After witnessing a murder, she manipulates the case instead of telling police the truth, leaving defense lawyer Eddie Flynn to save an apparently innocent man.

Book cover for "Two Kinds of Stranger" by Steve Cavanagh

Two Kinds of Stranger

by Steve Cavanagh

2025

After influencer Elly Parker helps a stranger carrying a yellow suitcase, her act of kindness draws her into a killer’s elaborate scheme. With her life and credibility collapsing, Elly turns to attorney Eddie Flynn and his team to uncover the man manipulating her.

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One of Us Is Guilty

by Steve Cavanagh

2026

Patrick and Vanessa Vanderpool each have reason to resent Patrick’s affair, and when the other woman is murdered, both become suspects. Conman-turned-defense lawyer Eddie Flynn risks his life to discover which spouse is hiding the truth.

Where to start with Steve Cavanagh

If you want the full courtroom arc: The DefenceThe PleaThe LiarThirteen.
If you’d like to start with his most talked‑about cases: ThirteenFifty-FiftyThe Devil's Advocate.
If you prefer twisty standalones without series baggage: TwistedKill for Me, Kill for You.
If you want a quick taster before a full novel: The CrossThe Defence.

Steve Cavanagh sub-series and character series

Eddie Flynn books in order

Explore this series
  1. Book cover for "The Defence"

    The Defence

    by Steve Cavanagh

    2015Eddie Flynn, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Plea"

    The Plea

    by Steve Cavanagh

    2016Eddie Flynn, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "The Liar"

    The Liar

    by Steve Cavanagh

    2017Eddie Flynn, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Thirteen"

    Thirteen

    by Steve Cavanagh

    2018Eddie Flynn, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Fifty-Fifty"

    Fifty-Fifty

    by Steve Cavanagh

    2020Eddie Flynn, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "The Neon Punch"

    The Neon Punch

    by Steve Cavanagh

    2020
  7. Book cover for "The Devil's Advocate"

    The Devil's Advocate

    by Steve Cavanagh

    2021Eddie Flynn, Book 6
  8. Book cover for "The Accomplice"

    The Accomplice

    by Steve Cavanagh

    2022Eddie Flynn, Book 7
  9. Book cover for "Witness 8"

    Witness 8

    by Steve Cavanagh

    2024
  10. Book cover for "Two Kinds of Stranger"

    Two Kinds of Stranger

    by Steve Cavanagh

    2025
  11. Book cover for "One of Us Is Guilty"

    One of Us Is Guilty

    by Steve Cavanagh

    2026

Eddie Flynn books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "The Defence"

    The Defence

    by Steve Cavanagh

    2015Eddie Flynn, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Plea"

    The Plea

    by Steve Cavanagh

    2016Eddie Flynn, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "The Liar"

    The Liar

    by Steve Cavanagh

    2017Eddie Flynn, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Thirteen"

    Thirteen

    by Steve Cavanagh

    2018Eddie Flynn, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Fifty-Fifty"

    Fifty-Fifty

    by Steve Cavanagh

    2020Eddie Flynn, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "The Devil's Advocate"

    The Devil's Advocate

    by Steve Cavanagh

    2021Eddie Flynn, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "The Accomplice"

    The Accomplice

    by Steve Cavanagh

    2022Eddie Flynn, Book 7

Steve Cavanagh collections, short stories, and related book types

Eddie Flynn Short Stories/Novellas

  1. Book cover for "The Cross"

    The Cross

    by Steve Cavanagh

    2015An Eddie Flynn Novella

Group Fifteen Files

  1. Book cover for "Scorpion"

    Scorpion

    by Steve Cavanagh & Mark Dawson

    2017

Standalone Steve Cavanagh books

  1. Book cover for "Twisted"

    Twisted

    by Steve Cavanagh

    2019
  2. Book cover for "Kill for Me, Kill for You"

    Kill for Me, Kill for You

    by Steve Cavanagh

    2023

Author bio

Steve Cavanagh grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in a working‑class family where stories and arguments competed with the noise of the city. Long before he ever stepped into a courtroom, he was the kid who loved crime novels and American thrillers from the library.

At eighteen he left home for Dublin and, as he likes to tell it, ended up studying law almost by accident. Before he ever put on a suit he washed dishes, worked doors as a bouncer, did security shifts and answered phones in call centres, watching how people behave when money, pride or safety are on the line.

Law, though, turned out to be a good fit. After qualifying as a solicitor he returned to Belfast and spent years as an investigator and then as a lawyer, specialising in civil rights and discrimination cases. In 2010 he represented a factory worker who had endured serious racial abuse at work and won what was then the largest race‑discrimination award in Northern Ireland, a result that made headlines and shaped his sense of what the legal system can and can’t fix.

Even while he was building a career, Cavanagh kept writing in the background. He tried his hand at screenplays when he was younger, then set fiction aside for more than a decade as work and family life took over. A sudden bereavement in 2011 pushed him back toward the thing he’d always wanted to do, and he began drafting at the kitchen table after his family went to bed, teaching himself how to build a thriller scene by scene.

Out of those late nights came Eddie Flynn, a former con artist turned New York defense attorney who treats every trial like a long game of misdirection. The first Flynn novel, The Defence, introduced readers to a lawyer who straps on a bomb for the Russian mob, outsmarts the FBI and still finds time to worry about his ten‑year‑old daughter. The Plea dives into corporate fraud and blackmail, while The Liar and Thirteen push Eddie into kidnapping plots and a murder trial where a serial killer sits on the jury.

Readers keep coming back to Eddie because he’s sharp but never slick. He drinks too much, makes bad calls and often feels outgunned, yet he refuses to take on a client he thinks is guilty. Cavanagh’s own years in court show through in the way he writes cross‑examination, jury selection and back‑room deals; the books move fast, but they’re built on a real understanding of how trials grind people down.

Alongside the Eddie Flynn series, Cavanagh writes standalones that let him play with different kinds of suspense. Twisted is a dark, meta‑thriller about a famously anonymous crime writer whose identity may not be what anyone expects, while Kill for Me, Kill for You follows ordinary New Yorkers drawn into a pact for revenge that quickly gets out of control.

That mix of pace, puzzle and human detail has brought him a wide audience. The Liar won the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger in 2018 and Thirteen took the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year in 2019, and his novels now sell in many countries and more than twenty languages.

These days Cavanagh lives back in Northern Ireland with his wife and children and writes full time. He has co‑hosted a crime‑writing podcast, appears regularly at festivals and still sounds, in interviews, like a lawyer who can’t quite believe he gets to make things up for a living. On the page, that mix of graft, humour and hard‑earned courtroom experience is what keeps his stories humming.

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