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Chargement... An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Goodpar Helene Tursten
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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 eighteen, 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 eighties, 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, and 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 dead body found in Maud's apartment, will Maud finally become a suspect? Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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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. ( )