Francesca Cahill novels

Manhattan, 1902. Despite the misgivings of her fiance, Calder Hart, irrepressible heiress and intrepid sleuth Francesca Cahill cannot turn away from a threat that is terrorizing the tenement neighborhood of lower Manhattan. A madman has attacked three women. The first two survived; the third was found dead. All the victims were poor, beautiful Irishwomen - and Francesca fears that her dear friends Maggie Kennedy and Gwen O'Neil could be next.

"On the morning of her wedding to Calder Hart, amateur sleuth Francesca Cahill is lured away to a private viewing of a portrait that could destroy her entire family: the nude Hart commissioned of her. Her desperate quest to recover the scandalous portrait leads her into a dangerous trap with no way to escape--until it's too late. And when Francesca finally arrives at the church, it's vacant. She has unintentionally jilted Hart at the altar. When Hart...