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Francesca Cahill, an American heiress and avid political activist, discovers that a teen girl has vanished from the streets. Her investigation turns personal when she takes on the case of the missing youth, fearing abduction. While engaged to Calder Harts, her relationship strains with Rick Bragg, the local police commissioner, and Harts’s brother. As the plot unfolds, Francesca and her reluctant allies realize that multiple girls have disappeared, requiring a joint effort between amateur detective and police to solve the mystery before deadlines close.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: Brenda Joyce
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