Thirteen: The serial killer isn't on trial. He's on the jury (Eddie Flynn Series)

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This book was very unique. There were a lot of twists and turns that I did not see coming and lots of jaw dropping moments.

Eddie's close friend, Judge Harry Ford, takes over the trial after the health issues of the previous judge. The colourful Southern PR savvy prosecuter for hire, Art Pryor, has never lost a case, and with the support of his formidable expertise, confidently believes that Solomon will be convicted. Eddie knows that he has been recruited as the fall guy should he fail to prove that the NYPD has tampered with critical evidence, a dollar bill with the DNA of a convicted killer from the past, Richard Pena, and the DNA of Solomon. Eddie hires ex-FBI Harper to be his investigator, and this leads to an FBI agent, Delaney, who believes there is a serial killer whose MO includes leaving behind a specially marked dollar bill on the victim, but has escaped detection because he ensures someone else is always convicted for the murders. Could this provide a viable route to save Solomon by introducing another suspect? However, Delaney is refusing to testify and Eddie has a problem he could not have imagined, the killer is on the jury, ideally placed to ensure that a guilty verdict prevails. I'm a huge fan of courtroom dramas and legal thrillers and this one did not disappoint. A celebrity named Robert Soloman is charged with murder and goes on trial, but his lawyer, Eddie Flynn sees that somethings just don't add up. Okay, Eddie is Brilliant!! Carl Marsalis, genetically modified (I'd say enhanced) and trained in soldiering since birth, did not inspire that sort of dissonance with me. I get this guy. I understand his mental processes. He has to explain himself over and over to the "normal" humans around him why he does the things he does, and each time I feel his frustration. The premise of the character is that he's a "variant 13", the result of manipulating the genome to express neural structures and personality traits advantageous to a hunter/gather society, but subsequently bred out in the intervening 20000 years of agricultural domestication and raised in an off-the-record creche remniscent of the movie Soldier.The trial of ‘The People v. Robert Solomon’. Solomon is described as a small time kid who made it big in the world of acting. He had just hit the big time with a reality television programme which starred himself and his new wife. Everything was going brilliantly for this guy until he finds his wife and another man dead in their bed. Solomon is adamant that he had no involvement in their death. Fast forward a little and Solomon finds himself without legal representation and Eddie Flynn swoops in to rescue the guy. I loved the unique and clever plot, the central characters who brought so much colour and interest to the story, and the way the story unfolded towards a satisfying end. Nothing to criticise here.

However, pulling the strings is a serial killer who is highly intelligent. Extremely organised. Socially adept. Manipulative and intent on killing the American dream for the victims he chooses. Not just the ones he kills but the ones he sends down for his crimes. A man who relishes in emotional sadism and extreme violence, a character I love in thrillers – the deliciously evil kind!!!This is the murder trial of the century. As the trial begins a series of sinister incidents in the courtroom starts to raise doubts in Flynn's mind. The story is told in two points of view, Eddie's and Kane's. Eddie Flynn, a former con artist turned lawyer, is put in the spotlight when he takes on the case of a Hollywood actor accused of murdering his wife and bodyguard. The evidence is damning, but Eddie believes in his client's innocence and will do what it takes to win the case. YALSA Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2008". Young Adult Library Services Association. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017 . Retrieved 22 August 2017.