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"Fascinating Romance with a Mystery Twist"
Reviewed by Sheri Melnick
Posted February 28, 2002

Ms. Joyce once again enchants readers with this, her third installment in the Francesca Cahill series. Miss Cahill, a New York heiress in the early twentieth century, is a unique combination of beauty, bravery, and intellect. As she continues in her amateur sleuthing efforts, she also teams up Read more...

"Exciting amateur sleuth mystery"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted March 10, 2002

Francesca Cahil, the twenty-year-old daughter of wealthy parents, lives in a posh New York City neighborhood. In 1902, a young woman with her status should be going to society balls and looking for a rich husband, but she is hardly the typical debutante. She has enrolled in college, without Read more...

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Summary

Francesca Cahill comes from one of New York's best families and he life has been mapped out for her—marry soon and well. But this young lady has discovered that she has a particular penchant for sleuthing, and our intrepid crime- solver extraordinaire is once again on the trail of a killer. But this time, she is in trouble...

And not from The Cross Killer. Rather, she must carefully find her way, torn between two bitter rivals—the city's noble Police Commissioner, Rick Bragg, and his oh so notorious half brother, Calder Hart. As their rivalry heats up, as Francesca falls deeper in love with Bragg, as her fascination with Hart grows, The Cross Killer is about to strike once more, this time, close to home and the heart.