Description
Book SynopsisA World of Sexy Sleuths, Mysterious Missus, and Female VillainsFlip through tales of beautiful women, female villains, and clever consorts. Delight in crime, mystery, and suspense in story after story featuring femme fatales.A delightful menu of villainy and seduction. Dangerous women are a steadfast tradition of crime and mystery books. Choose between stories that compare to mystery best sellers, tales that feature the smart sleuth, the daring detective, the mystery date-turned-nemesis, or the baby-faced beauty. Perfect for fans of crime novels, fiction, strong female characters, or mystery and suspense books, The Extraordinary Book of Femme Fatales honors its heritage with stories featuring strong women and female villains who have mastered the art of seduction.
Marvelous mysteries, hand-picked by an expert. Maxim Jakubowski, one of the top best selling authors in mystery fiction books, has scoured the genre for the best new mystery and thriller stories featuring femme fatales. In The Extraordinary Book of Femme Fatales, he presents the best of the best in mystery literature featuring strong women, fiction, and good for her stories.
Inside The Extraordinary Book of Femme Fatales, you’ll find:
- Stories with strong female leads, female villains, and more
- Crime, seduction, and adventure
- A look at what happens when women are the big bad heroes
If you liked The Maidens, The Jealousy Man and Other Stories, or The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021, you’ll love The Extraordinary Book of Femme Fatales.
Table of ContentsContents
Introduction—Maxim Jakubowski
Hava—Lavie Tidhar
How to Craft the Perfect Story—SJI Holliday
Bliss—Joseph S. Walker
The Smoking Gunners—Ashley Lister
Haunt Me—Michael A. Gonzales
The Night Walker—Bernie Crosthwaite
Belle and Donna—Keith Brooke
Bait—Simon Bestwick
Miss Scarlet—Rose Biggin
The Dance of Love and Hunger—Robert Lopresti
Blindsided—Eric Brown
She Told Me About You—Ali Seay
The Cliff—Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
The Rise and Fall of Melody Llines, Esq.—Rhys Hughes
Kane's Alibi—Bev Vincent
What I Don't Understand Is the Music—Ana Teresa Pereira
Null and Void—Claude Lalumière
The Obsidian Knife—O’Neil De Noux
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