Review: Two Kinds of Stranger by Steve Cavanagh

 

Two Kinds of Stranger (Eddie Flynn #9) by Steve Cavanagh

Publication Date: November 18th 2025 by Simon & Schuster Audio

Pages: 400

Source: Publisher 

Rating: ★★★★½

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My Thoughts:

Elly Parker, a popular influencer whose platform centers around random acts of kindness, has her life upended with one viral post. Elly doesn’t think things could get worse until she helps a random stranger in the subway and then becomes the target of a smart, twisted individual.

 

Elly reaches out to Eddy Flynn and his team to help her. This stranger is one step ahead at every turn!

 

Eddy has his own troubles when his ex-wife and daughter become the focus of a sociopathic criminal bent on revenge.

 

Two Kinds of Stranger was oh-so-good! Action packed, exciting and full of clever maneuvering! I was hooked from the very first page! I love it when well-deserved justice is served out and it was very satisfying here! Oh, that last chapter!!

 

As a side note, I had only read the prequel novella, The Cross, from this series before picking this up. It works well as a standalone. That being said, I will be reading the previous books because the writing and mysteries I’ve read so far have been excellent!

4.5 Stars

Book Description:

SHE HELPED A PERFECT A STRANGER. SHE DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS THE PERFECT KILLER...

Elly Parker had everything.
Perfect husband. Perfect apartment. Perfect friends and the perfect job.
As an internet celebrity - famed for her random acts of kindness - everyone knew it.
So when a betrayal causes her to lose it all, millions of people are watching.

But even at her lowest, Elly will always help someone in need.
Which makes her the perfect target for a sadistic game.
Because as she soon learns, you can never trust a stranger - and a seemingly random encounter plunges her into a nightmare worse than she ever imagined.

The only person she can turn to is conman turned trial lawyer Eddie Flynn, who must take on a case where nothing is what it seems. With the most cruelly ingenious mind manipulating events from the shadows, everyone is in danger - including Eddie and his family.