Steve Winslow Books
When out-of-work lawyer Steve Winslow enlists himself as a New York City cab driver to pay the bills, he thinks he's hit rock-bottom. That is until Sheila Benton, heir to a multimillion dollar fortune, finds his number in the yellow pages and calls upon Steve to defend her. Of course her case is only a minor one. It seems that a blackmailer was found in her apartment in an uncomfortable position -- with a knife in his back. Only Sheila can't seem to convince anyone that she isn't responsible for killing this man. So without even the smallest bit of evidence, the ex-actor, now lawyer/cab-driver begins a series of legal maneuvers to take Sheila out of the light of suspicion while bringing himself back into business, all in a day's work.
After receiving ten thousand dollars and an anonymous note in the mail, attorney Steve Winslow becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation
When Steven Winslow takes on a bizarre labor/management dispute involving a young woman fired for resisting the advances of her employer, he learns that his client's name and address are phoney, a discovery that is followed by her disappearance
Lawyer Steve Winslow defends his teenaged client from the charge of having murdered his uncle in the New York City subway system, a seemingly impossible task considering the amount of circumstantial evidence available and the youth's obvious motive
After Russ Timberlaine, a wealthy gun collector, tells Steve Winslow that one of his pistols is missing, a body is found in Timberlaine's mansion, apparently killed by the stolen firearm. By the author of The Naked Typist.
Steve Winslow didn’t understand. The young woman’s court appointed attorney didn’t cost her anything, the guy had just plea-bargained her petty-theft charge down to a suspended sentence with no time served and no fine, so why was she trying to fire him and hire Steve? It was a great deal, except for one thing. She happened to be innocent. "In his ability to channel Erle Stanley Gardner, Parnell Hall stands alone ... one of the funniest and most unorthodox jury selections in fictional annals ... purely entertaining witness-stand give-and take." —Jon L. Breen, Mystery Scene Magazine Series Titles - The Baxter Trust, The Anonymous Client,The Underground Man, The Naked Typist, The Wrong Gun, The Innocent Woman Praise for the Steve Winslow Legal Mystery Series "Highly entertaining courtroom drama." – Publisher’s Weekly "Scenes out of court are good, but those taking place in court are superb." – Associated Press "Flashy and great fun." – Kirkus Reviews "Remindful of Perry Mason at his best." —Abilene Reporter News
A Steve Winslow short story: It's a lose-lose situation when Steve Winslow is assigned a court-appointed case defending a caretaker accused of killing his employer. Not only is Steve not getting paid, but if he doesn't get his client off, he'll be stuck taking care of the man's cat.