GREEN SHADE$ explores a variety of different worlds and settings, it's the earnest and guarded public accounting profession which provides the darkly humorous main backdrop for this exciting financial crime thriller. After Derek ('Dex') McCord, a top manager at a large NYC accounting firm, sends his colleague and friend Tony Young to India to complete a simple audit, the firm is shocked to learn that Tony's body has washed up on the northern beaches of Sydney, Australia. An unfortunate victim of a tragic surfing accident, the authorities conclude. But Dex has big questions about what really happened to Tony. McCord's quest to get to the bottom of his friend's death sends him on a dangerous roller coaster ride from United States and Australia to India and Barbados, as he finds himself ensnared in an international cover up with major global consequences.

Found in the back of the book is a bounty of inside info about the accounting world, including the Exhibits Index:

1. Purpose of Financial Statements and Double-Entry Accounting
2. The Fall of the Big Eight, Public Accounting Roles and Annual Salaries
3. The New CPA Exam
4. T-Account Finance Education Model-WIDE and DEEP SKILLS
5. The Major Differences Between U.S. GAAP and IFRS
6. Common Compensation Terms in a CFO Employment Agreement
7. The 10 Steps in an IPO Process
8. Key Financial Ratios
9. Chief Financial Officer Salaries