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An elderly lady is up to no good

Title
An elderly lady is up to no good / Helene Tursten ; translated by Marlaine Delargy.
Author
Tursten, Helene, 1954-
Publication
New York, NY : Soho Crime, 2018.

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Additional Authors
Delargy, Marlaine
Description
171 pages; 16 cm
Summary
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?
Uniform Title
Short stories. Selections. English
Alternative Title
Short stories.
Subject
  • Older people > Fiction
  • Murderers > Fiction
  • Murderers
  • Older people
  • FICTION / Humorous / Black Humor
  • FICTION / Mystery & Detective / International Mystery & Crime
  • FICTION / Short Stories (single author)
  • Göteborg (Sweden) > Fiction
  • Sweden > Göteborg
Genre/Form
  • Detective and mystery fiction.
  • Humorous fiction.
  • Short stories.
  • Novels.
  • Fiction.
Note
  • "Three stories were first published in Swedish in a collection entitled Mina mindre mord och mysterier"--Copyright page.
Language (note)
  • In English, translated from the Swedish.
Contents
An elderly lady has accommodation problems -- An elderly lady on her travels -- An elderly lady seeks peace at Christmastime -- The antique dealer's death -- An elderly lady is faced with a difficult dilemma.
Call Number
JFB 19-2
ISBN
  • 1641290110
  • 9781641290111
OCLC
1023080443
Author
Tursten, Helene, 1954- author.
Title
An elderly lady is up to no good / Helene Tursten ; translated by Marlaine Delargy.
Publisher
New York, NY : Soho Crime, 2018.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Language
In English, translated from the Swedish.
Added Author
Delargy, Marlaine, translator.
Research Call Number
JFB 19-2
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