When he was a kid, Teddy Wendover had an accident that
left him stunted at the mental age of eight. Physically, he's six-foot-two and
twenty-eight years old, but he acts and thinks just like a little boy. Could this
big little boy be a killer?

Someone has murdered one of Oregon's congressmen, and it doesn't seem to
be a coincidence that this politician led the field trip during which Teddy's
accident occurred almost twenty years ago. Nor does it seem to be coincidental
that the killer left rocks strewn about the murder site, rocks just like the ones
Teddy plays with. The only thing that's certain is that the person who cast the
first of these stones is not without sin.

Malice Prepense is the most complicated and most engrossing case yet for
lawyer Barbara Holloway, the dynamic star of Death Qualified and
The Best Defense.

Kate Wilhelm is the author of more than three dozen books. Her fiction has been translated into many languages and has received numerous awards. She and her husband, Damon Knight, helped found the Science Fiction Writers of America and the Clarion Writers Workshop. They live in Eugene, Oregon.

Anna Fields has found her true home behind the microphone after beginning her career on the stage in Washington, D.C. She has garnered several AudioFile Earphones Awards and won the coveted Audie Award in 2004.