Fiction by Steve Cavanaugh
I read a novel by this author recently that I discovered was #3 in a series (see below), so I went and got this book-- it's #1.
In this story, Eddie Flynn is a New York City man who has been a con artist, an alcoholic, and a defense lawyer; however, he's not currently any of those things. Then he is contacted by the Russian mob with the news that they have kidnapped his daughter in order to force him back into defense law, and maybe into the con game as well...
This was an exciting story with lots of plot twists and several surprises.
I also read recently by this author: Thirteen
