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An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good: Stories

written by Helene Tursten, translated by Marlaine Delargy

Maud is an irascible 88-year-old Swedish woman with no family, no friends and…no qualms about a little murder. This funny, irreverent story collection by Helene Tursten, author of the Irene Huss investigations, features two-never-before translated stories that will keep you laughing all the way to the retirement home.

Ever since her darling father’s untimely death when she was only 18, Maud has lived in the family’s spacious apartment in downtown Gothenburg rent-free, thanks to a minor clause in a hastily negotiated contract. That was how Maud learned that good things can come from tragedy. Now in her late 80s, Maud contents herself with traveling the world and surfing the net from the comfort of her father’s ancient armchair. It’s a solitary existence, but she likes it that way.

Over the course of her adventures --- or misadventures --- this little bold lady will handle a crisis with a local celebrity who has her eyes on Maud’s apartment, foil the engagement of her long-ago lover and dispose of some pesky neighbors. But when the local authorities are called to investigate a murder in her apartment complex, will Maud be able to avoid suspicion, or will Detective Inspector Irene Huss see through her charade?

An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good: Stories
written by Helene Tursten, translated by Marlaine Delargy

  • Publication Date: November 6, 2018
  • Genres: Fiction, Humor, Short Stories
  • Hardcover: 184 pages
  • Publisher: Soho Crime
  • ISBN-10: 1641290110
  • ISBN-13: 9781641290111