Former Los Angeles Mayor Warren Burkett is in the middle of a Senate race when he unwittingly helps a woman steal a high-priced painting. Burkett hires Jack MacTaggart, the defense attorney Chuck Greaves introduced to readers in 2012's Hush Money, to help him in court--and find the titular woman who set him up and vanished with the art. The case gets sticky when she's found dead--an apparent suicide--and the painting is seen hanging in the home of Burkett's opponent.
As clues are delivered to MacTaggart on Etch-A-Sketches, he enlists the help of his partner Marta Suarez, his office secretary Bernie Catalano and Officer Regan Fife of the Sierra Madre Police Department. They race the clock, and the L.A. County District Attorney, in an effort to solve the mystery before a possible murderer is elected to the U.S. Senate.
Green-Eyed Lady is a lighthearted, funny legal mystery that integrates legal process without weighing down the plot. Greaves channels his inner Hitchcock with a quirky and convincing cast of characters, from the tax-evading accountant to the candidate's brother-in-law, "whose position at Archer Properties seemed to be vice president of Union Affairs and Cement Footwear." Whether readers are familiar with Hush Money or not, Green-Eyed Lady promises an engaging reading experience. It is a riotous campaign in the all-too-real world of political antics. --Jen Forbus of Jen's Book Thoughts