The Baxter Trust — J.P. Hailey

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.