A Deadly Affection

Cuyler Overholt

Sep 2016 · Recorded Books · Narrated by Carly Robins

About this audiobook

New York City, 1907. At the dawn of the twentieth century, Americans believe that science, especially the medical sciences, will soon conquer all of mankind's ills. For a brief time medical schools open their doors to women, allowing them to join the scientific crusade. Genevieve Summerford is one woman who answers the call.... After a past family tragedy for which she holds herself to blame, Dr. Genevieve Summerford wants nothing more than to succeed in her new career as a psychiatrist, and win back the respect of her family and peers. That goal is thrown into jeopardy, however, when one of her patients is arrested for murder - a murder Genevieve fears she may have unwittingly provoked. Desperate to prove to herself and the authorities that her patient is innocent, she is forced to enlist the aid of an influential Tammany captain who once worked for her family as a stable boy, and whose motives for helping her now are open to doubt. Forging an uneasy alliance, the two uncover an astonishing secret about one of the city's most powerful families: a secret which, should Genevieve choose to reveal it, could bring down catastrophe on those she cares most about, but which, should she let it lie, will almost certainly send her patient to the electric chair.

About the author

Cuyler Overholt graduated from the University of Virginia School of law. She was a litigation associate for four years before leaving law to start a freelance writing business. She worked for a public relations firm before turning to fiction. A Deadly Affection, her first novel, received Forword Reviews' Book of the Year award and the Next Generation Indie Book Award for best mystery and was shortlisted for the Strand Critics Award for best first novel. The second book in her Dr. Genevieve Summerford mystery series, A Promise of Ruin, will be released in August 2017.