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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Sister Act(s Bad)

Fifty Fifty by Steve Cavanagh

September 6, 2025 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of cbr17 bingo: family. The plot of the book is two sisters on trial for murder, both accused of killing their father, both of them blaming the other. I think what I liked about the earlier Eddie Flynn books is slowly petering out. A shame. I liked that the books were about a smooth operator who hustled in the courtroom. I have a thing for watching and/or reading competent hucksters do their thing. There’s just something fun about a person who navigates […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: cbr17bingo, Eddie Flynn, family, Fifty Fifty, legal thriller, mystery, New York City, Steve Cavanagh, thriller

Jake's CBR17 Review No:43 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: cbr17bingo, Eddie Flynn, family, Fifty Fifty, legal thriller, mystery, New York City, Steve Cavanagh, thriller ·
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Reading, Reading, Reading, RAWHIDE!

The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey

The Dame by Richard Stark

Tricky by Josh Stallings

Quarry's Deal by Max Alan Collins

The Plea by Steve Cavanagh

February 1, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

I read a lot last week but also had a busy week at work (a good busy). Every time I tried to write a review on one of these books, all of them good, I just didn’t have the time or energy. So here’s a big update dump of the stuff I read in the last week and I’d be glad to tease them out more in the comments if anyone is curious… “The True History of the Kelly Gang” I enjoyed large parts of […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Alan Grofield, Australia, crime, Delaware, Donald Westlake, Eddie Flynn, historical fiction, hitman, Irish, Josh Stallings, legal, los angeles, Max Alan Collins, movies, mystery, Ned Kelly, neurodiversity, New York City, Peter Carey, Pretty As A Picture, Quarry, Quarry's Deal, Richard Stark, Steve Cavanagh, The Dame, The Plea, the true history of the kelly gang, thriller, Tricky

Jake's CBR13 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Alan Grofield, Australia, crime, Delaware, Donald Westlake, Eddie Flynn, historical fiction, hitman, Irish, Josh Stallings, legal, los angeles, Max Alan Collins, movies, mystery, Ned Kelly, neurodiversity, New York City, Peter Carey, Pretty As A Picture, Quarry, Quarry's Deal, Richard Stark, Steve Cavanagh, The Dame, The Plea, the true history of the kelly gang, thriller, Tricky ·
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Lawyer Stuff

The Defense by Steve Cavanagh

January 25, 2021 by Jake 1 Comment

I saw this laughable image/tweet in the time I was reading the book and since it’s close to the plot summary, I figured I’d bless y’all with it. There’s a certain condescension amongst book readers as to how seriously they should take page-turning novels. I often hear the phrase “Turn off your brain for this one!” While there may be some truth to it, most fiction requires elaborations and expansions of the truth. You could read something like The Defense and grouse about how something like that […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Eddie Flynn, legal, New York City, Steve Cavanagh, The Defense, thriller

Jake's CBR13 Review No:11 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Eddie Flynn, legal, New York City, Steve Cavanagh, The Defense, thriller ·
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