Femme Fatale
Authors: Carole Nelson Douglas
Tags: #Fiction, #Mystery & Detective, #Women Sleuths, #Traditional British, #Historical
Femme Fatale
Sketch by Wilhelm von Kaulbach
By Carole Nelson Douglas from Tom Doherty Associates
MYSTERY
MIDNIGHT LOUIE MYSTERIES:
Catnap
Pussyfoot | Cat on a Hyacinth Hunt |
Midnight Louie’s Pet Detectives
(editor of anthology)
IRENE ADLER ADVENTURES:
Good Night, Mr. Holmes
The Adventuress
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(Good Morning, Irene)
A Soul of Steel
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(Irene at Large)
Another Scandal in Bohemia
*
(Irene’s Last Waltz)
Chapel Noir
Castle Rouge
Femme Fatale
Marilyn: Shades of Blonde
(editor of anthology)
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Amberleigh
**
Lady Rogue
**
Fair Wind, Fiery Star
SCIENCE FICTION
Probe
**
Counterprobe
**
FANTASY
TALISWOMAN:
Cup of Clay
Seed upon the Wind
SWORD AND CIRCLET:
Six of Swords | Heir of Rengarth |
Keepers of Edanvant
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These are the revised editions
**
also mystery
This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this novel are either fictitious or are used fictitiously.
FEMME FATALE
Copyright © 2003 by Carole Nelson Douglas
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form.
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
Edited by Claire Eddy
Map by Darla Tagrin
Title page art courtesy of California History Room, California State Library, Sacramento, California
A Forge Book
Published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
175 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10010
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is a registered trademark of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC.
ISBN 0-765-30682-4
First Edition: October 2003
Printed in the United States of America
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For Kathy Henderson,
a true blue friend and supporter for more than twenty years,
with deepest thanks
Contents
1. Duet
2. News from Abroad
3. Foreign Assignment
4. Calling Cards
5. Maiden Voyage
6. Motherland
7. Domestic Disturbances
8. Maternal Musings
9. Crime Seen
19. A Deeper Solemnity of Death
23. The Detective in Spite of Himself
41. The Wickedest Woman in New York