Sudden Death

Outrageous, irrepressible and endlessly??entertaining, the bestselling author of Rubyfruit Jungle??and Bingo spins a behind-the-scenes tale of women's??professional tennis that dramtically intertwines??the heart-stopping excitement of competition and??the lingering heartache of intimate human bonds.??Carmen Semanan loves three things passionalty:??tennis, money and professor Harriet Rawls. Just??twenty-four, Carmen is at her peak as one of the??world's top-seeded tennis champions, determined to win??the coveted Grand Slam. She is protected from??everything but the grueling demands of her sport by an??avericious agent and her devoted gusty Harriet.??All the odds are in her favor. But there are weeds??growing in her paradise patch. Carmen's vey latin??brother, Miguel, parlays her succes into a??financial house of cards with deals that include??smuggling, forgery, and fraud. Susan Reilly, Carmen's??archrival and former lover, leaks word of Carms's??relationship with Harriet to the press--and tennis's??best-kept secret is blown into a front-page??scandal. From the French Open to Wimbledon, jealousies,??ambitions and passions are set to explode. Now,??with everything she cherishes on the line, Carmen??must test the true depths of her feelings-both on??and off the court.

Rita Mae Brown is the bestselling author of the Sneaky Pie Brown series; the Sister Jane series; A Nose for Justice and Murder Unleashed; Rubyfruit Jungle; In Her Day; and Six of One, as well as several other novels. An Emmy-nominated screenwriter and a poet, Brown lives in Afton, Virginia.