Helene Tursten
Auteur de An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: Credit: Hannibal (Wikipedia user), Gothenburg Book Fair 2007
Séries
Œuvres de Helene Tursten
Irene Huss: Episodes 1-3 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers (2017) — Contributeur — 126 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Tursten, Helene
- Nom légal
- Tursten, Ulla Helene Marie Samuelsson
- Date de naissance
- 1954-02-17
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Sweden
- Lieu de naissance
- Göteborg, Sweden
- Lieux de résidence
- Sunne, Sweden
- Professions
- Nurse
Dentist
Membres
Critiques
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Global Mysteries (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 21
- Aussi par
- 3
- Membres
- 4,888
- Popularité
- #5,143
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 273
- ISBN
- 317
- Langues
- 13
- Favoris
- 8
This a short and humorous story translated from Swedish, featuring an 88 year old serial killer. Maud has been living rent-free in her family’s apartment in Gothenburg since her father’s death many years ago. She contents herself with regular travels abroad and when she is at home she surfs the web from her cosy antique home. When troublesome neighbours get in her way or try to take advantage of her age and frailty, Maud simply dispenses with them in the most pragmatic way possible. When at last the law catches up to Maud and is investigating one of the murders, will she finally be caught or will this prodigious elderly lady disappear with her walking frame into the sunset?
This was an entertaining read, not the usual elderly detective story, but in this case the villain of the piece. I am intrigued to read one of the author's other books, possibly one featuring Detective Inspector Irene Huss who featured in this novella.… (plus d'informations)