Welcome to the world of Francesca Cahill, crime-solver extraordinaire. Francesca is no ordinary heroine. She refuses to bow to convention, wears her heart on her sleeve, and is determined to right the ills and injustices of society.

Deadly Love begins Francesca's mad escapades when the neighbors' little boy is kidnapped right out of his bed during a society ball. It is January 18, 1902. Francesca stumbles across the ransom note just as she meets New York City's newly appointed police commissioner, Rick Bragg. And Fracesca can no more stay out of this investigation than she can stop herself from falling love with the city's determined and powerful police commissioner. But little does she know that on this singular night, his life will change forever.

Come back in time to the lost, magical world of turn-of-the-century New York City - where the glittering mansions of society's elite are only footsteps away from the impoverished back alleys of the city's underbelly - and into the heart of true danger and even truer passion.

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Listening Length	11 hours and 21 minutes
Author	Brenda Joyce
Narrator	Coleen Marlo
Audible.com.au Release Date	21 November 2013
Publisher	Audible Studios
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B00O5DM8TY
Best Sellers Rank	212,245 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 818 in 20th Century Historical Romance (Audible Books & Originals) 2,302 in Historical Mysteries (Audible Books & Originals) 5,586 in 20th Century Historical Romance (Books)

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Deadly　Love

Reviewed in Japan on 4 August 2004

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この作品はフランシス・ケイヒル・シリーズの一巻目に当たっており、内容としては最終巻に至るまでに登場する主なる登場人物の性格、環境等が盛り沢山に描かれている。１９０２年という限定された時代（現代人にとっては優雅でロマンティックな時代と捉えられるであろう）に途轍もなくハイソな登場人物が色を添え、そこにその当時としては稀に見る犯罪が発生し、主人公のフランセスカが一目惚れしたリック・ブラッグ氏やその異父兄弟で大富豪、稀代の女たらしのカルダー・ハート氏などと協力しながらニューヨークの闇を蹴散らす様は痛快である。20歳の才女が果たしてどんな伴侶を得るのか、ロマンスも絡めて面白い。

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Jana L.Perskie

A cutesy piece of fluff!

Reviewed in the United States on 16 September 2005

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Francesca Cahill is a member of New York City's social elite. She lives in a Fifth Avenue mansion, with her parents and older brother, attends glittering society balls and fundraisers, and allows herself, occasionally, to be courted by the town's most eligible bachelors. However, she is a marginal player, at best, in the comings and goings of Manhattan's rich and famous, to her mother's dismay. Francesca is extremely bright and is determined to do something with her mind other than plan dinner parties. Unbeknownst to her mother, she has enrolled in Barnard College with aspirations to become a journalist. Fran is also active in major societal reform movements, especially the Ladies Society for the Eradication of Tenements.

At one of her mother's numerous parties, she is introduced to newly appointed police commissioner, Rick Bragg. As they spar about local politics, he takes note that the lovely young women has the proverbial brains as well as beauty. She notices that he's not so bad himself. Later in the evening, she goes into her father's library to take a breather and finds an unopened note on top of the mail, marked URGENT, but not addressed to anyone in particular. So she opens it and reads, "A is for Ants. If you want to see the boy again, be at Mott and Hester Streets at 1 P.M. tomorrow." Fran is initially intrigued by the note, but then dismisses it as a prank and returns to the festivities. After all, no one she knows is missing.

The next morning when she discovers that her next door neighbors' small son, Jonny Burton, has disappeared, she remembers the note, takes it across the street, and hands it over to....Inspector Bragg, you guessed it. Who else would be in charge of such an important investigation? As much as Bragg tries to discourage her from making private detecting her business, Francesca is determined to investigate. She finds herself traveling into a world far different than any she has previously known, except, perhaps, in the novels of Charles Dickens.'

I was really disappointed in "Deadly Love," at best a cutesy piece of fluff. Author Brenda Joyce starts off with an interesting premise - a society girl/college student sleuth in 1902 NYC. The Cahills have possibilities as characters/family: strong, affectionate businessman father, (pulled himself up by the bootstraps); stereotypical mother, determined to marry-off her children well; smart, caring big brother, but flawed - with a tendency to gamble and accumulate debts; big sister Connie, married to the very handsome British Lord Neil Montrose, who is a bit of a rake. Francesca, who begins as an interesting young woman, winds-up an airhead. And she is supposedly intelligent! She bumbles as badly, at times, as Bragg's police, forerunners of the Keystone Cops. The chemistry between Francesca and Bragg, starts off with sparks, then deteriorates, because how can a silly woman with frivolous dialogue be sexy? And he pays attention?!

The mystery is not very complex, unless you have this motley crew investigating. Then the police procedural needs an additional 100 pages and plenty of overtime to get solved. Plus all the loose ends are never tied up. Save your time and money. This is only the first in a series, however, so perhaps Ms. Joyce will hit her stride. The setting and concept are worth another try.
JANA

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Excellent historical mystery romance series

Reviewed in the United States on 22 January 2006

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OK, I only gave this book 3 stars. Mainly because Francesca is so wet behind the ears and naive that she is just a little tiresome. However! Francesca is a VERY quick leaner and the series becomes fascinating if you persevere. By book three there is so much happening with Francesca and a host of interesting secondary characters that you can't put them down! By book four the various romances are sizzling and Francesca has quite a track record as a sleuth. It takes until book 10 to get her to the alter although more importantly she has put several murderers behind bars and done what she can for the downtrodden.

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