02415cam a2200361 i 4500 360620071 TxAuBib 20181115120000.0 181017s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781641290111 12.99 1641290110 12.99 eng rda TxAuBib rda eng swe Tursten, Helene, 1954- An elderly lady is up to no good [BOOK] / Helene Tursten ; translated by Marlaine Delargy. New York, N.Y. : Soho Crime, 2018. 171 pages ; 16 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Stories"--Cover. "Three stories were first published in Swedish in a collection entitled Mina mindre mord och mysterier"--Copyright page. "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?". 20181115. Translated from the Swedish. Older people Fiction. Murderers Fiction. Göteborg (Sweden) Fiction. Humorous fiction. Mystery fiction. Short stories. Delargy, Marlaine.