By T. Davis Bunn
Doubleday
Hardcover, Paperback, Audio Cassette (Unabridged), Audio Cassette (Abridged) and Audio CD (Abridged) Editions

The saddest thing in the world is a mother who neglects her child. That sort of mother shares much in common with the animal kingdom - and female animals who eat their young.

Winner Take All Excerpt The diva ignored him. "You think me helpless? You assume you can waltz into my world and attack me at will? She noticed the bandage on Kirsten's neck, and lifted her smile until she revealed small perfect teeth. "You think I am without friends? Without power?" "Erin, enough." "You have been neutralized, my dear. Phone your darling little lawyer. Hear what he has to say." She glanced over to where the three detectives were exchanging a few parting words. "While you're at it, call off your toothless dogs." ©2003 T. Davis Bunn Published with permission from Doubleday

In Winner Take All, Erin Brandt has her own agenda. She's an opera star who kidnaps her daughter after having never bonded with her.

After seeing exceptionally talented lawyer Marcus Glenwood in action, Brandt's ex-husband, Dale Steadman, hires the legal eagle to help locate his baby daughter, Celeste. The lawyer begins to feel sorry for Steadman along the way, seeing through the exterior to his sad core.

The story details Glenwood's efforts to drag Brandt into court. He even sends his fiancée and his legal assistant to Germany to locate Brandt.

When Erin is found dead, all eyes look to Steadman, a man with ample motive for the killing. The story heats up with courtroom drama and cat and mouse play that will keep the reader entranced.

Bookworm's Briefing
T. Davis Bunn tells a story that flows as smoothly as water cascading down rocks. He is the author of fifteen bestselling novels. He currently splits his time between England and Florida with his wife, Isabella.