No Way to Treat a First Lady

When the president of the United States is found dead in his bed, with a bruise and the name Revere stamped to his forehead, First Lady Elizabeth “Beth” Tyler MacMann is the prime suspect in his murder.   She’s accused of throwing an antique Paul Revere spittoon at her husband, and killing him with it.  An action that is not hard for anyone to believe, considering that it wouldn’t b e the first time the First Lady has thrown a heavy object at her husband.  To add more fuel to the pot, because the crime’s victim was the president of the United States, the attorney general is charging Beth with assassination in addition to murder.

Desperate to prove her Innocence, Beth gets the best attorney in the business, Boyce “Shameless” Baylor, who charges $1,000 an hour, and has represented everyone from the national-security sellout to the woman who murdered her husband in room full of people.   Beth believes she can prove her innocence with Baylor’s help, but when Baylor is arrested for jury tampering, the only person left to defend Beth is herself.

Christopher Buckley’s novel, Now Way to Treat a First Lady, is a legal thriller.  I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a good legal story, and a good laugh.