Two Kinds of Stranger: An Eddie Flynn Novel

There’s nary a dull moment in bestseller Cavanagh’s electrifying latest legal thriller featuring con-man-turned-attorney Eddie Flynn (after The Trial). Elly Parker is a young influencer known for filming random acts of kindness. One night, she returns to her Manhattan apartment in the middle of a livestream and discovers, in front of 132 million viewers, that James, her husband of six months, has been having an affair with her best friend. When James and his mistress die by poisoning a short time later, suspicion falls on Elly, and she’s charged with their murders. Insisting on her innocence, she hires Flynn, whose considerable talents are tested by the prosecution’s strong case. Meanwhile, Flynn tries to protect his ex-wife, Christine, and his 16-year-old daughter from con man Arthur Cross, who’s targeting Christine’s new husband with physical threats and menacing letters. Cavanagh shrewdly braids the two main plot threads together, alternating perspectives between Flynn, his legal assistants, Elly, and a sociopathic killer who’s lurking in the background. With relentless surprises and surprisingly sharp commentary on social media narcissism, this is sure to win Cavanagh new fans. Agent: Jon Wood, Rogers, Coleridge & White. (Mar.)