Gladly the cross-eyed bear

By Ed McBain

Subjects: Matthew Hope (Fictitious character), Hope, matthew (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, Lawyers, Calusa (fla. : imaginary place), fiction, Florida, fiction, Lawyers, fiction, Mystery, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Large type books

Description: Lainie Commins, a freelance designer of children's toys, hires attorney Matthew Hope for a lawsuit against her old employers, Brett and Etta Toland. At stake are the lucrative rights to Gladly, a teddy bear with crossed eyes and corrective lenses. It's a straightforward case--until Brett Toland is shot in the throat aboard his luxury yacht and Lainie becomes the chief suspect.