by Pat Shipman
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Credits
Jacket design by Julie Metz
Jacket photograph of woman courtesy of the Judson Rosebush Company Inc.
Jacket photograph of velvet background by Arthur S. Aubry/Getty Images
Copyright
FEMME FATALE. Copyright © 2007 by Pat Shipman. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
EPub Edition © JUNE 2007 ISBN: 9780061853166
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Chapter 1. The Little Orchid
Chapter 2. Different Lives
Chapter 3. Object Matrimony
Chapter 4. Indies Life
Chapter 5. The Fatal Move
Chapter 6. Death of a Child
Chapter 7. Death of a Marriage
Chapter 8. The Birth of Mata Hari
Chapter 9. The Toast of Europe
Chapter 10. Living Like a Butterfly in the Sun
Chapter 11. In Time of War
Chapter 12. The Tangled Web
Chapter 13. Maelstrom
Chapter 14. Stepping into the Trap
Chapter 15. Secrets and Betrayal
Chapter 16. Caught in a Trap
Chapter 17. Grinding Her to Dust
Chapter 18. Suffering
Chapter 19. Telegrams and Secrets
Chapter 20. The Lowest Circle of Hell
Chapter 21. The Kangaroo Court
Chapter 22. Waiting
Chapter 23. Dying Well
References
Notes
Searchable Terms
About the Author
Other Books by Pat Shipman
Credits
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