Intense, emotionally excruciating and ultimately satisfying, Two Kinds of Stranger is a masterful thriller that’s completely mental in the best of ways. Steve Cavanagh continues his hot streak of publishing amazingly addictive legal thrillers and he should be talked about in the same stratosphere as John Grisham and Michael Connelly when it comes to the best of the best in the genre.
Eddie Flynn has been retained by a social media influencer to defend her in the murder trial of her husband and best friend, who she discovered were having an affair while live on TikTok. Meanwhile, Flynn’s ex-wife and her husband are also accused of murder when an ex-con, who has been stalking them after losing out on a big payday, winds up dead. Stretched thin professionally and emotionally, Eddie must reach deep into his bag of tricks, and rely on his highly capable team of investigators, advisor and law partner, to ensure his client and his family are rightfully found innocent and the real killer is brought to justice.
This is another magnificently crafted story in the enthralling Eddie Flynn series, which has become one of my favorites in the legal/crime fiction genre for consistently delivering high intensity, gripping, twisting and satisfying tales with tremendous characters. One reason is because in between the legal maneuverings and tension-filled action, readers are confronted with the imperfections of the US justice system and must face questions about the morality of operating in gray areas and/or stepping over the line in pursuit of a not-guilty verdict for an innocent individual on trial for their life. Making these books as thought-provoking as they are stirring and entertaining.
In Two Kinds of Stranger, there’s a clear line of demarcation between the good guy and the bad guys, but the sociopathic villains hold the cards, and everything points to them getting away with literal murder while innocent people are likely to be found guilty of crimes they didn’t commit. This drives a level of emotional agony and torment that propels readers through the story at lightning speed while wondering how we’d cope with being in such an untenable, desperate situation. Driving an overwhelming desire for Flynn to figure out how to win these cases. So, while most of us would hopefully never be on trial for murder, we can still forge a deep connection with the characters because they too should not be in this position. Which is gut-wrenching. And that’s where the brilliance in this book, and every book in this series, lies.
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