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Prologue During my ride on a crowded subway headed toward downtown, I met two deceitfully ordinary people named Nate and Claire. Claire, the first to spark conversation, introduced herself as a columnist for an impressive, well-known newspaper. With not a hair out of place or as much as a wrinkle on her blouse, she was nothing short of a perfectionist. She was young, almost too young to look so stressed. Nate, who appeared just as young, looked like he was fresh off of Wall Street. Everything about him exuberated wealth from the clothes he wore to the deepness of his voice. But it was easy to see he wasn’t happy with his life. Just one look into his sallow eyes, and you could see guilt the size of his fortune. Claire's Tale Genre: Crime Claire’s told a tale about a woman named Madam X. Madam X …show more content…

She strived for a better life for her and her daughter, but she didn’t see a way to get out of her current life. So she devised a plan, a plan that would soon make her the one of the most notorious black widows that ever lived. Over the course of 30 years, Madam X was married four times. All the marriages were to prominent, wealthy older men who all passed away from sudden deaths shortly after being married. As all of these deaths were due to natural causes, Madam X would become heir to their fortunes. Her daughter was unaware of her mother’s scheme for the majority of her life until a detective named Brady, who became suspicious after the third husband’s death, approached her. Detective Brady knew the deaths were caused by Madam X, but needed proof. He knew that if he could tell the daughter what was happening, then she would

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