The Other Boleyn Girl
Philippa Gregory
2001
Books with the “Femme Fatale” trope
A charming and dangerous woman uses her beauty and wit to get what she wants.
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Characters and archetypes · Femme Fatale
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Carmilla
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
1872
The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler
1939
The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell Hammett
1929
The Postman Always Rings Twice
James M. Cain
1934
Nightmare Alley
William Lindsay Gresham
1946
Double Indemnity
James M. Cain
1936
The Monk
Matthew Gregory Lewis
1796
The Shadows Between Us
Tricia Levenseller
2020
The Last Mrs. Parrish
Liv Constantine
2017
My Lovely Wife
Samantha Downing
2019
Red Sparrow
Jason Matthews
2013
The Kind Worth Killing
Peter Swanson
2015
Lady Audley's Secret
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
1862
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