Two sisters on trial for murder. They accuse each other.
Who do YOU believe?
‘911 what’s your emergency?’
Most killers I’d come across I could make a stab at some kind of explanation for their behaviour. Something in their past or their psychology that held the key to their reasoning and criminal behaviour. I was always able to rationalize it.This time, there was no easy explanation. No key.
This one I couldn’t rationalize. Not really. There was something dark at the heart of this case.
Something evil
‘My dad’s dead. My sister Sofia killed him. She’s still in the house. Please send help.’
‘My dad’s dead. My sister Alexandra killed him. She’s still in the house. Please send help.’
One of them is a liar and a killer.
But which one?
Steve Cavanagh was born and raised in Belfast before leaving for Dublin at the age of eighteen to study Law. He practiced civil rights law and was involved in several high-profile cases; in 2010 he represented a factory worker who suffered racial abuse in the workplace and won the largest award of damages for race discrimination in Northern Ireland legal history.
He holds a certificate in Advanced Advocacy and lectures on various legal subjects (but really he just likes to tell jokes). His novel The Liar won the CWA Gold Dagger award while his follow-up novel Thirteen won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award in 2019. Twisted was a Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller. He is married with two young children.
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I don’t know how he does it, but every time Steve Cavanagh releases a new book it’s totally explosive! Fifty-Fifty follows on from Thirteen (which was one of the most amazing books I have ever read!) and we catch up with Eddie Flynn again. Two sisters are accused of the brutal murder of their father, but each blames the other, ultimately, they end up in a joint trial with Eddie representing one of them. Its. Really great storyline that’s gripping right to the end.
The storytelling is excellent, Steve has a way of making you fall into the book immediately, by the end of the first couple of pages you will be hooked on the roller coaster ride and are unable to put the book down, even for sleeping! The story is tense, exciting, strong and full of twists and turns. Every time you think you know what’s going to happen next it doesn’t and everything changes again.
Unlike the other books in this series that are told from Eddie’s point of view, this one is split between Eddie, a new character Kate and ‘She’ who is one of the sisters. In every ‘she’ chapter I was desperately trying to work out which sister was telling the story and I changed my mind so many times throughout, there are some very clever twists that stop you from knowing.
The characters are well developed, we meet up with some old friends here as well, the very loveable Harry Ford and Harper, who Eddie is clearly in love with. The new characters are introduced quickly and well and integrate brilliantly with the other characters. Sofia and Alexandra (the sisters) are amazing, they are so well thought out, both are dark in different ways and you truly don’t know who done it until the very end. You realise that despite growing up with great wealth, they are both kind of messed up in their own ways and one is exceptionally clever. The situation with Kate and her boss, Theodore Levy is intense and leaves your blood boiling.
There are so many emotions in this book, you will laugh, you will cry, you will love and hate, and, if you’re anything like me, partway through you will hold your breath for longer than you thought possible while waiting to find out what happened!
This is a phenomenal read, only second in the series for me due to loving thirteen so very much but an outstanding read all the same. Well done Steve Cavanagh!
Thank you to Net Galley, the Publisher and the Author for a free advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
| Title | Fifty Fifty |
| Author | Steve Cavanagh |
| Series | Eddie Flynn Book 5 |
| Format | eARC |
| Page Count | 368 Pages |
| Genre | Legal Thrillers |
| Publisher | Orion |
| Release Date | 3rd September 2020 |
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