Criminal Femmes Fatales in American Hardboiled Crime Fiction by Maysaa Husam Jaber

Criminal Femmes Fatales in American Hardboiled Crime Fiction



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Criminal Femmes Fatales in American Hardboiled Crime Fiction Maysaa Husam Jaber ebook
Page: 226
ISBN: 9781137356468
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: pdf


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