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Femme FataleAuthor: Ōkura Teruko

Original Title	魔性の女
Author	大倉燁子
Genre	Detective & Mystery
Author Type	Female Author
Summary	In the shadowed corners of post-war Tokyo, a clandestine affair unfolds between a disenchanted salaryman and a timid typist seeking solace. Their secret rendezvous at an aristocratic inn offers fleeting escape from his oppressive marriage to a woman whose uncanny "Seventh Sense" pierces through every deception. Yasuko—older, shrewd, and draped in flamboyant mystique—claims her psychic gifts once secured her husband’s career but now tighten like a noose around his freedom. As her diary eerily documents his infidelity down to the minute, paranoia festers. Trapped between a lover’s fragility and a wife who vows her spirit will haunt him beyond death, Honjou’s desperation spirals into violence. Yet Yasuko’s final whisper—"my soul lives in your heart"—lingers like a curse, blurring madness and possession. A chilling exploration of obsession unfolds, where love curdles into control, and escape becomes a dance with the supernatural.