Living on Adrenalin:

Successful civil rights lawyer Steve Cavanagh has penned his first novel, an exhilarating legal thriller. The first of his Eddie Flynn series is a heart-pumping tale of a hustler lawyer whose daughter is kidnapped by the Russian mafia. Mason Cross has followed up his high-octane debut, The Killing Season, with The Samaritan, which sees the return of Carter Blake and his unconventional ways to track down the killer.

Vote for The Defence by Steve Cavanagh in the First Book Award.

More details on the Edinburgh Book Festival website. Tickets on sale now.