Gladly the cross-eyed bear
By: Ed McBain.
Publisher: Warner Books
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
Subjects: Hope, Matthew (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Lawyers -- Florida -- Fiction; Florida -- Fiction
Description: What's cuddly, cute, and the object of a high-stakes court battle? It's Gladly, a cross-eyed teddy bear: the brainchild of slightly cross-eyed beauty Lainie Commins, Matthew Hope's client and the litigant in a trademark dispute with toy company tycoons Etta and Brett Toland. Hope, still recovering from a near-fatal shooting, is certain he can win this case - until someone murders one of the key players.

Suddenly Lainie is up for another trial, this time for homicide. While she vigorously denies any involvement in the shooting aboard the yacht Toy Boat, her story keeps changing, and the evidence against her mounts - until Hope discovers that Lainie is not only a toy designer with a complaint but also a participant in a most surprising sexual liaison.