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Wow! What an original character! Maud will put a smile on your face even as you feel a shiver down your spine! The elderly are so often 'invisibalized' by society; the perfect cover for a serial killer! A truly original character that I will look forward to reading more about in the future!
A little book (literally) that packs a punch (figuratively)because Maud is not your typical 88 year old lady. When she sees a problem, she fixes it by getting rid of the source. It turns out that being old is a great disguise for a murderer.3.5 stars rounded up for a great character. I hope we get more of these stories, the first five just whetted my appetite.
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 any problems that come up. But sometimes problems have a way of being unsolvable, unless you don't mind a little murder. And Maud certainly doesn't.This book is a hoot and a half. With its tongue in c...
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? Not Maude! She quite happy to do things on her own. Make travel arrangements, go on vacation, murder someone, surf the internet, etc. Everyone needs a hobby! Well, it appears that apart from traveli...
3.5 Meet Maude. She is not your stereotypical elderly lady. Definitely not the kind that distresses one when in a hurry and the car that is doing ten or more miles under the speed limit is driven by a littleold lady who can barely see over the steering wheel. Nor the one in the grocery checkout counting out her exact change one coin at a time, while we not so patiently wait for them to finish. Yes Maude is in her later eighties, lives in a large apartment where she is legally entitled to spend h...
An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten, Marlaine Delargy (Translator) is a 2018 SOHO Crime publication. Well, if you’ve had your fill of gooey, saccharine sweet holiday books or movies, then this collection of vignettes featuring Maud, an eighty-eight year old serial killer, will cure your holiday sugar rush. To be completely honest, I didn’t do much homework when I borrowed this book from the library. One of my fine friends on Goodreads added this book to their TBR list and I though...
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-year-old man climbing out windows, a man called Ove being icy to his neighbors, and others like Harold Fry just wandering around the countryside. But Helene Tursten’s short story collection kicks it up a...
EXCERPT: The champagne was a really expensive brand - Champagne de Pompadour. When Maud looked it up on the internet, she saw it cost 549 kroner at the state-owned liquor store. Ridiculous! Admittedly, Maud enjoyed the odd glass of genuine champagne from time to time, but she was happy with brands that cost less than half that amount. The little tin of Russian caviar was also the real deal and probably cost as much as the champagne. Maud seriously doubted whether the other residents of the apart...
Maude is nothing like my elderly mom, but I love her all the same. I love the way she solves her problems. Not only did I get a good chuckle, it was fun watching the wheels in Maude’s head turn for her next escapade, errr murder. This book is well-written and contains 5 stories about Maude and her antics. I wanted more. So clever. Many thanks to Michael David for putting this one on my list.🤗
What is the deal with these curmudgeonly, geriatric Swedes? This one takes her ire to a new level, but I just didn’t find enough of the promised hilarity to make it worthwhile. Others have loved, so maybe I’m turning into a crotchety Cuban heading for a murderous streak in a few decades.
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 if someone tries to disrupt that, she needs to eliminate them.From a celebrity who moved into Maud’s apartment complex - and wants Maud’s unit, to a terrible neighbor, to a few other folks who mess w...
Did you ever send or receive a Hallmark card featuring the cranky cartoon character “Maxine”? Well, if enjoyed the humor of those greeting cards, you will also enjoy the short stories in this collection, which feature Maud, a cantankerous Octogenarian living in Sweden. Maud doesn’t like it when you try to take what’s hers, or when you disturb her peaceful life, and she simply won’t put up with it. She will do do anything and everything she needs to-to keep the status-quo-up to and including Murd...
Due to a decades old clause in a real estate contract, 88-year-old Maud lives rent-free in her family's large ancestral apartment in Gothenberg, Sweden.Maud values her privacy, likes to travel, and knows how to look out for herself. You might observe Maud shuffling down the street with her walker, speaking in a quavering voice, and seeming befuddled, but don't be fooled. This is an act Maud puts on to dupe the public, so when Maud murders someone - which she feels compelled to do on occasion - M...
Swedish author Helen Tursten is best known for her series of mysteries about Inspector Irene Huss (made into a series of films for Swedish TV), but, when she was asked to contribute to a Christmas anthology, she decided to write about a serial killer instead, a serial killer who happens to be an “elderly lady,”Tursten’s heroine Maud is not a blood-thirsty monster, driven by bloodlust or malice. No, she is merely a stone-cold but reasonable sociopath. She believes in live-let-live, but, when some...
My son just tested positive for COVID, my first book of 2022 was a total dud, and my dog came running in the house this morning where she delivered a decomposing rodent in the middle of my living room floor. I know it's only January 5th but 2022 is sucking already. Until this morning, when I had the pleasure of meeting Maud. This feisty 88 year old may look like a fragile old granny but don't let her appearance fool you. She's not only fit as a fiddle but she has all of her wits about her which
Resourceful. Intuitive. Discerning. Sharp. All words one might use to describe Maud. All positive attributes, you might say. But Maud also has a darker side. She can be cunning, devious, and coldhearted to "certain individuals". Whenever a dilemma pops up, Maud contemplates the problem at hand, and arrives at a perfectly wily solution. A fun read to entertain one’s latent maniacal tendencies. There’s no rest for the wicked when revenge is so sweet!
I never thought I'd say that I enjoyed a book about a lethal killer so much. But I actually did! Octogenarian Maud is one of the most unique fictional (I certainly hope!) characters I've come across in a long time. Smart as a whip , no-nonsense Maud finds solutions to her "problems" by disposing of them , literally and with no help needed whatsoever. An Elderly Lady Is Up To No Good by Helene Tursten(translated by Marlaine Delargy) is a fun read that keeps you engaged throughout. Five short stor...
Beware of the nice old lady!Maud is an eighty-eight year old Swedish woman without any family or friends. She lives alone rent free in an apartment building and enjoys vacationing and spa trips.She won’t be fooled and no one takes advantage of her. Watch your back because little old Maud is dangerous!I listened to this audiobook which is translated from Swedish. It contains five short stories about Maud’s adventures. The narration was pleasant to listen to when the playback is sped up. It is a