num_pages: 178
description: Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781641290111Content:- An elderly lady has accommodation problems - An elderly lady on her travels - An elderly lady seeks peace at Christmas time - The antique dealer's death - An elderly lady is faced with a difficult dilemmaMaud 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 but 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 murder in her apartment complex will Maud be able to avoid suspicion or will Detective Inspector Irene Huss see through her charade?
language: English
title: An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good
publisher: Soho Crime