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If there is a field where the so-called "women's weapons" are put to the test, it is undoubtedly that of intrigue. From the most remote antiquity, and practically in all cultures, there have always been women who combined intelligence, courage, left hand and a lot of ingenuity. Carmen Posadas, after conducting a thorough investigation, composes an exciting and highly entertaining account of the adventures of some of these women who, without a doubt, deserve a prominent place in history. The author collects, among others, the stories of the biblical Rahab, whose intervention was decisive in conquering the Promised Land, or the Balteira, the Galician minstrel who was involved in a thousand and one intrigues during the reign of Alfonso X. From her hand, we will meet the unique and fearsome poisoners of India, and we will have an unusual point of view on the assassination of Julius Caesar. Through these pages parade queens like Catherine de Médicis and her "flying squadron", adventurers like the inevitable Mata-Hari, and also princesses who put their talent at the service of Hitler, or Spanish who were involved in some of the most important plots of the 20th century, as Caridad Mercader. All of them, and some more that cannot be mentioned, make up a book that reads like the best adventure novel and that, once again, shows that female talent is inexhaustible and knows no limits.