Welcome to the dark side of the human psyche-narcissism, psychopathy, antisemitism-as embodied in a beautiful young woman. Twenty-year-old Ragnhild McFlaherty (she killed a playmate at age ten) vanishes from Montr al in 1920, resurfaces in Paris calling herself Sandrine, determined to fulfill her na ve ambition to become a celebrated beauty. Needing financial aid, she hunts for a rich husband. She finds Sebastien de Louric, an art dealer who pretends...