Brash Endeavor (Stan Turner Series #2)

by William Manchee

Overview

Step into the shoes of Dallas attorney, Stan Turner, in the late 1970's as he begins the practice of law. Then hang on for the ride of your life as Stan immediately steps into a rattlesnake's nest and has to do some fancy two-steppin' to avoid a lethal strike from his own clients. When Stan's wife, Rebekah, is arrested for murder and a client turns out to be a ghost, Stan turns in his legal pad for a detective's notebook and goes to work to solve these most perplexing mysteries.

Teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, Stan pushes on relentlessly to extricate himself and his family from certain doom. Sex, greed and a lust for power drive this most extraordinary novel to a stunning conclusion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781884570896
Publisher:	Top Publications, Ltd.
Publication date:	07/16/2017
Series:	Stan Turner Series , #2
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	5.48(w) x 8.44(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Rosemary Poole-Carter explores aspects of an uneasy past in her novels Only Charlotte, Women of Magdalene, What Remains, and Juliette Ascending, all set in the post-Civil War South. Her plays include The Familiar, a ghost story, and The Little Death, a Southern gothic drama. Fascinated by history, mystery, and the performing and visual arts, she is a member of the Historical Novel Society, Mystery Writers of America, and the Dramatists Guild of America. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, she was a long-time resident of Houston, where she practiced her devotion to reading and writing with students of the Lone Star College System. She now lives and writes by the Eno River in Durham, North Carolina.

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PROLOGUE - 1

HANGING OUT THE SHINGLE - 5

THE PROMOTER - 17

GENA - 27

INCA OIL COMPANY - 43

MELBA THORN - 55

MISS DOVE - 65

PAYDAY - 77

THE GHOST - 91

THE RHINESTONE PROSPECT - 97

DEATH ON HIGHWAY 24 - 111

THE MERGER - 131

THE PANHANDLE BUILDING - 141

THE DINNER ENGAGEMENT - 155

AMARILLO - 169

THE WARNING - 177

SECOND THOUGHTS - 191

MAKING BAIL - 197

THE GUARANTY - 205

PARKER #3 - 213

MURDER - 223

SETTING BAIL - 231

DEALING WITH DECEPTION - 237

ESCAPE TO BRAZIL - 245

DEFENSE COUNSEL - 257

THE CONFERENCE - 269

BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT - 275

DEATH CLAIM - 285

THE BONUS - 295

LEGAL ETHICS - 311

RELUCTANT WITNESS - 321

THE MOTIVE - 329

THE PLAN - 333

MONICA SANDS - 337

THE RUSE - 343

REVELATION - 351

Editorial Reviews

"Yes, Gilbert is a charmer, and Charlotte is quite intriguing, but the voice of Lenore called out to me from the first page, and I became ever more deeply entranced by her character as the story demonstrates how an intelligent and insightful woman of 19th century New Orleans might deal with the constraints of the culture of that era. Her resourcefulness, her compassion (so like her brother Gilbert’s), and her courage are inspirational even in our time." Katherine Parr, actress, singer, and author of No Coin for the Ferryman

“A compelling and beautifully written story to keep you reading half the night . . . Set in 19 ^th century corrupt, poverty-ridden, yet genteel New Orleans after the Civil War, Only Charlotte has a cadence all its own. Rosemary Poole-Carter is a greatly gifted author who has created an unforgettable mystery where kindness and evil are inexorably entwined." Stephanie Cowell, author of Marrying Mozart and Claude & Camille: a novel of Monet

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