Thirteen
The serial killer isn't on trial. He's on the jury
Published on 4. July 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-0354-1499-4 (ISBN)
Description
THE SERIAL KILLER ISN'T ON TRIAL.
HE'S ON THE JURY...
'Books this ingenious don't come along very often' MICHAEL CONNELLY
'Outstanding' LEE CHILD
'Smart and original. This is a belter of a book' CLARE MACKINTOSH
'One of the most mercilessly compelling thrillers you will read this decade' CHRIS BROOKMYRE
'To your knowledge, is there anything that would preclude you from serving on this jury?'
Murder wasn't the hard part. It was just the start of the game.
Joshua Kane has been preparing for this moment his whole life. He's done it before. But this is the big one.
This is the murder trial of the century. And Kane has killed to get the best seat in the house.
But there's someone on his tail. Someone who suspects that the killer isn't the man on trial.
Kane knows time is running out - he just needs to get to the conviction without being discovered.
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THIRTEEN REASONS WHY YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK:
'An oh so clever hook for an oh so clever, gripping book. THIRTEEN is courtroom drama at its finest, blended with page-turning twists and characters you can't get enough of. Steve Cavanagh is the John Grisham for a new generation. Slick, thrilling and unique, THIRTEEN is my favourite read of the year.'
Sarah Pinborough
'Outstanding - an intriguing premise, a tense, gripping build-up, and a spectacular climax. This guy is the real deal. Trust me.'
Lee Child
'Smart and original. This is a belter of a book.'
Clare Mackintosh
'Great hook. Great plot. Great book. Thirteen is a real page turner and one you won't want to put down.'
Simon Kernick
'A brilliant, twisty, ingeniously constructed puzzle of a book. Steve Cavanagh pulls off an enviable premise with panache.'
Ruth Ware
'I've been tracking Steve Cavanagh for a few years now and Thirteen is his best, a dead bang beast of a book that expertly combining his authority on the law with an absolutely great thrill ride. Books this ingenious don't come along very often.'
Michael Connelly
'Quite simply deserves to be HUGE. If you read a thriller as good this year, it's only because you've read this one twice.'
Mark Billingham
'Tore through this between dusk and dawn. Absolute 5-star cracker from Steve Cavanagh, who's gotta be among top legal thriller writers out there nowadays. A powerhouse of a book that's much more than its high-concept hook.'
Craig Sisterson
'Wow! This book is friggin' awesome! Utterly immersive.'
Emma Kavanagh
'Fantastically gripping? Guilty as charged!'
Angela Clarke
'An absolute cracker.'
Susi Holliday
'Guilty of thrills, twists, and expertly manipulating the reader.'
Mason Cross
'An absolute rollercoaster of a read. Thrilling.'
Cass Green
HE'S ON THE JURY...
'Books this ingenious don't come along very often' MICHAEL CONNELLY
'Outstanding' LEE CHILD
'Smart and original. This is a belter of a book' CLARE MACKINTOSH
'One of the most mercilessly compelling thrillers you will read this decade' CHRIS BROOKMYRE
'To your knowledge, is there anything that would preclude you from serving on this jury?'
Murder wasn't the hard part. It was just the start of the game.
Joshua Kane has been preparing for this moment his whole life. He's done it before. But this is the big one.
This is the murder trial of the century. And Kane has killed to get the best seat in the house.
But there's someone on his tail. Someone who suspects that the killer isn't the man on trial.
Kane knows time is running out - he just needs to get to the conviction without being discovered.
****************
THIRTEEN REASONS WHY YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK:
'An oh so clever hook for an oh so clever, gripping book. THIRTEEN is courtroom drama at its finest, blended with page-turning twists and characters you can't get enough of. Steve Cavanagh is the John Grisham for a new generation. Slick, thrilling and unique, THIRTEEN is my favourite read of the year.'
Sarah Pinborough
'Outstanding - an intriguing premise, a tense, gripping build-up, and a spectacular climax. This guy is the real deal. Trust me.'
Lee Child
'Smart and original. This is a belter of a book.'
Clare Mackintosh
'Great hook. Great plot. Great book. Thirteen is a real page turner and one you won't want to put down.'
Simon Kernick
'A brilliant, twisty, ingeniously constructed puzzle of a book. Steve Cavanagh pulls off an enviable premise with panache.'
Ruth Ware
'I've been tracking Steve Cavanagh for a few years now and Thirteen is his best, a dead bang beast of a book that expertly combining his authority on the law with an absolutely great thrill ride. Books this ingenious don't come along very often.'
Michael Connelly
'Quite simply deserves to be HUGE. If you read a thriller as good this year, it's only because you've read this one twice.'
Mark Billingham
'Tore through this between dusk and dawn. Absolute 5-star cracker from Steve Cavanagh, who's gotta be among top legal thriller writers out there nowadays. A powerhouse of a book that's much more than its high-concept hook.'
Craig Sisterson
'Wow! This book is friggin' awesome! Utterly immersive.'
Emma Kavanagh
'Fantastically gripping? Guilty as charged!'
Angela Clarke
'An absolute cracker.'
Susi Holliday
'Guilty of thrills, twists, and expertly manipulating the reader.'
Mason Cross
'An absolute rollercoaster of a read. Thrilling.'
Cass Green
Reviews / Votes
Outstanding - an intriguing premise, a tense, gripping build-up, and a spectacular climax. This guy is the real deal. Trust me. -- Lee Child Smart and original. This is a belter of a book. -- Clare Mackintosh I've been tracking Steve Cavanagh for a few years now and Thirteen is his best, a dead bang beast of a book that expertly combining his authority on the law with an absolutely great thrill ride. Books this ingenious don't come along very often. -- Michael Connelly A brilliant, twisty, ingeniously constructed puzzle of a book. Steve Cavanagh pulls off an enviable premise with panache. -- Ruth Ware Great hook. Great plot. Great book. Thirteen is a real page turner and one you won't want to put down. -- Simon Kernick Great hook and the book lives up to it! -- Ian Rankin An absolute rollercoaster of a read. Thrilling. -- Cass Green Quite simply deserves to be HUGE. If you read a thriller as good this year, it's only because you've read this one twice. -- Mark Billingham Tore through this between dusk and dawn. Absolute 5-star cracker from Steve Cavanagh, who's gotta be among top legal thriller writers out there nowadays. A powerhouse of a book that's much more than its high-concept hook. -- Craig Sisterson Wow! This book is friggin' awesome! Utterly immersive. -- Emma Kavanagh Fantastically gripping? Guilty as charged! -- Angela Clarke Guilty of thrills, twists, and expertly manipulating the reader. -- Mason Cross A superbly intriguing, hooky, grippy, twisty, clever thriller that kept me up all night. -- Liz Nugent Superb, fast-paced legal thriller. So well-plotted (I LOVED the court/jury details). Hints of Lee Child. BRILLIANT. -- Will Dean Twisty, clever and beautifully written, a book this good deserves the highest praise possible. That's why I'm giving it 13/10. -- Simon Toyne What a book! I loved it so much. -- Fiona Cummins Believe the hype, folks. This is one of the most mercilessly compelling thrillers you will read this decade. -- Chris Brookmyre Smells like a best seller to me. I read it in 2 sittings . . . LOVED it. -- Adrian McKinty This incredibly skilful novel deserves nothing less than five stars. It would be a crime to miss it. -- The Sun Cavanagh sets a cracking pace . . . a genuine, read-in-one-sitting page-turner. -- Guardian This dazzling serial killer thriller set in Manhattan is written by a Dublin-based civil rights lawyer. One of the most accomplished legal dramas I have read this year, it reminds me of Scott Turow's stunning Presumed Innocent. The trial itself reveals Cavanagh's astonishingly sure touch for character and the skill of his serpentine plotting. -- Daily Mail That central hook along with Cavanagh's breakneck prose pace and expert plotting make for a white-knuckle ride of a story. It's something of a high-wire act, blending the machinations of a courtroom drama with the high-octane cat and mouse of a serial killer plotline, but Cavanagh delivers on both counts in spades, expertly cranking up the tension towards an explosive finale that will take thereader's breath away. Cracking stuff. -- Big Issue An adrenaline-fuelled thrill ride. Thirteen is courtroom drama at its finest. An outstanding legal thriller, so original, clever and accomplished that it should not be missed. It marks out Cavanagh as the heir apparent to John Grisham. -- Daily Express Witty and clever . . . irresistible. -- Daily Telegraph Fans of John Grisham and Lee Child will enjoy this book. -- Independent Grisham-on-steroids. -- Irish Independent This is a heart-racing novel with vertiginous twists and turns. A winning mix of glamour and gruesomeness. -- The Lady A blisteringly exciting thriller, with a chilling killer. -- Sunday Express A fast-paced and absorbing thriller. Prepare to buckle up as a smattering of seemingly isolated events spiral into a twist-laden read. -- The Herald A cracking premise. -- Sunday Independent A truly first-class US courtroom drama. -- The Times A twisty clever read. -- Woman's Weekly It's hard to resist Cavanagh's mix of high-wire plotting and higher octane action. -- Mail on SundayMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Headline Publishing Group
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Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
260 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-0354-1499-4 (9781035414994)
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Steve Cavanagh has sold over a million copies of his novels in the UK alone and over four million worldwide. His third novel, The Liar, won the CWA Gold Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year 2018. Thirteen won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2019. Twisted, Fifty-Fifty, The Devil's Advocate and The Accomplice were all Sunday Times Top 10 bestsellers and his three most recent books - Kill For Me Kill For You, Witness 8 and Two Kinds of Stranger - were all Sunday Times Top 5 bestsellers.