Brash Endeavor (Stan Turner Series #2)

It's the late seventies in Dallas and Stan is anxious to get his new law practice started. Unfortunately, he can't get any financing, so he starts his practice with a $2,000 cash advance on his American Express card. It's a boom time and there are a lot of shady oil and gas and real estate promoters around. Two of them become Stan's clients and quickly get him in serious trouble and his wife ends up on trial for murder.