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An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Tursten

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An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed

by Helene Tursten

Narrator Ann Richardson

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Translator Marlaine Delargy

Length 4 hours 52 minutes

Language English

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Bookseller recommendation

“Eighty-eight-year-old Maud will be your new favorite octogenarian serial killer; do not miss this hilariously quirky collection of stories about what happens to those who get in Maud’s way.”
— Olivia • Author's Note

Bookseller recommendation

“You definitely wouldn't want to meet the heroine of An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed in a dark alley late at night. Maud may be pushing ninety, but she is a force and has spent her life exacting her own brand of justice that may or may not have resulted in more than a few murders. Translated from Swedish, this was charming.”
— Rachel • Avid Bookshop

Bookseller recommendation

“An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Tursten is simply the cutest book in the world with the most delightful protagonist by the name of Maud. Maud is an 89-year-old murderess with no remorse and an acerbic inner monologue that will have you anticipating and even endorsing her kills.”
— Emma • Quail Ridge Books

Summary

Don't let her age fool you. Maud may be nearly ninety, but if you cross her, this elderly lady is more sinister than sweet.

Just when things have finally cooled down for eighty-eight-year-old Maud after the disturbing discovery of a dead body in her apartment in Gothenburg, a couple of detectives return to her doorstep. Though Maud dodges their questions with the skill of an Olympic gymnast a fifth of her age, she wonders if suspicion has fallen on her, little old lady that she is. The truth is, ever since Maud was a girl, death has seemed to follow her.

In these six interlocking stories, memories of unfortunate incidents from Maud's past keep bubbling to the surface. Meanwhile, certain problems in the present require immediate attention. Luckily, Maud is no stranger to taking matters into her own hands . . . even if it means she has to get a little blood on them in the process.

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Fiction Mystery & Thriller Short Stories