An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten

Maud is an irascible 88-year-old Swedish woman with no family, no friends, andno 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 fathers untimely death when she was only eighteen, Maud has lived in the familys 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 fathers ancient armchair. Its a solitary existence, and she likes it that way.

Over the course of her adventuresor misadventuresthis little bold lady will handle a crisis with a local celebrity who has her eyes on Mauds 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 Mauds apartment, will Maud finally become a suspect?

Helene Tursten was a nurse and a dentist before she turned to writing. Her Irene Huss series includesDetective Inspector Huss, Night Rounds, The Torso, The Glass Devil, The Golden Calf, The Fire Dance, The Beige Man, The Treacherous Net, and Who Watcheth, andProtected by the Shadows. And the first book of her new series featuring Embla Nystrm isHunting Game. Her books have been translated into 18 languages and made into a television series. She was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, where she now lives with her husband.

Hardcover,6.3 in. x 4.2 in. 184 pages.