An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good, Helene Tursten
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good, Helene Tursten
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An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good

Author: Helene Tursten, Marlaine Delargy

Narrator: Suzanne Toren

Unabridged: 3 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/11/2019


Synopsis

Maud is an irascible eighty-eight-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 Investigation series, 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?

About Helene Tursten

Helene Tursten was a nurse and a dentist before she turned to writing. She is the author of the Irene Huss series, including Detective Inspector Huss, Night Rounds, Who Watcheth, and Protected by the Shadows; the Embla Nystrom series; and the short story collection An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good. Her books have been translated into twenty-five languages and made into a television series. She was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, where she now lives with her husband.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Yun on July 28, 2024

You got me. Not only do I judge a book by its cover, but I also judge its title too. So when I saw An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good, I knew there's no way I could pass it up. Maud is 88 years old and as spry and sharp as she's ever been. With no family or friends, she has to rely on herself to solve......more

Goodreads review by Debra on January 22, 2019

Dear sweet little old Maude....what a clever, serial killer you are! Plus, you are not so sweet. If fact, you are quite grumpy and calculating. She’s not your grandmother folks (unless, of course your Granny is a killer). Maude is an 88-year-old Swedish Woman with no family or friends. Who needs them......more

Goodreads review by Anne on September 25, 2023

Do you like old ladies? Maybe more importantly do you like old ladies who just kill the shit out of anyone who causes them problems? If you answered yes to both of those questions, then go ahead and grab this collection of short stories by Helene Tursten. Maude is a mean old bitch. Well, maybe not me......more

Goodreads review by Michael on December 07, 2021

Maud is an octogenarian, but she is nothing like our friends from The Thursday Murder Club. She is, in fact, a killer. This is a collection of 5 amusing stories featuring 88-year old Maud and her murderous shenanigans. She doesn’t mean to kill. It’s just that Maud wants to live her life in peace, and......more

Goodreads review by Regina on January 22, 2022

This one’s for the peeps that like a pinch of pepper in their chocolate chip cookies. If I had a dollar for every book I’ve read about an elderly person that’s up to no good… I’d have a lot of dollars. The cast of the cozy coot canon, as I call it, just keeps growing, doesn’t it? We’ve got a 100-yea......more