'I did my first book signing in a police custody suite'
Indeed the idea for his first book came to him while he was cross-examining a witness. "I kind of conned them into revealing that they were lying and it hit me then that con artists and trial lawyers have all the same skills," he said. The idea sparked something in Cavanagh, who has just released his tenth novel about the conman turned lawyer Eddie Flynn.
- ▪Indeed the idea for his first book came to him while he was cross-examining a witness.
- ▪"I kind of conned them into revealing that they were lying and it hit me then that con artists and trial lawyers have all the same skills," he said.
- ▪The idea sparked something in Cavanagh, who has just released his tenth novel about the conman turned lawyer Eddie Flynn.
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'I did my first book signing in a police custody suite'Image caption, Steve Cavanagh said misdirection, distraction, persuasion and manipulation are transferrable skills between conmen and lawyersByPeter CoulterBBC News NIPublished1 hour agoFor former lawyer turned crime writer Steve Cavanagh, addressing a court room jury is not a world away from writing a compelling novel. Indeed the idea for his first book came to him while he was cross-examining a witness. "I kind of conned them into revealing that they were lying and it hit me then that con artists and trial lawyers have all the same skills," he said. The idea sparked something in Cavanagh, who has just released his tenth novel about the conman turned lawyer Eddie Flynn.
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