Helene Tursten
Autor(a) de An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good
About the Author
Image credit: Credit: Hannibal (Wikipedia user), Gothenburg Book Fair 2007
Séries
Obras por Helene Tursten
Irene Huss: Episodes 1-3 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers (2017) — Contribuidor — 126 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Tursten, Helene
- Nome legal
- Tursten, Ulla Helene Marie Samuelsson
- Data de nascimento
- 1954-02-17
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- Sweden
- Local de nascimento
- Göteborg, Sweden
- Locais de residência
- Sunne, Sweden
- Ocupações
- Nurse
Dentist
Membros
Críticas
Listas
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Global Mysteries (1)
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 21
- Also by
- 3
- Membros
- 4,883
- Popularidade
- #5,150
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Críticas
- 273
- ISBN
- 317
- Línguas
- 13
- Marcado como favorito
- 8
This a short and humorous story translated from Swedish, featuring an 88 year old serial killer. Maud has been living rent-free in her family’s apartment in Gothenburg since her father’s death many years ago. She contents herself with regular travels abroad and when she is at home she surfs the web from her cosy antique home. When troublesome neighbours get in her way or try to take advantage of her age and frailty, Maud simply dispenses with them in the most pragmatic way possible. When at last the law catches up to Maud and is investigating one of the murders, will she finally be caught or will this prodigious elderly lady disappear with her walking frame into the sunset?
This was an entertaining read, not the usual elderly detective story, but in this case the villain of the piece. I am intrigued to read one of the author's other books, possibly one featuring Detective Inspector Irene Huss who featured in this novella.… (mais)