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An elderly lady must not be crossed : stories / Helene Tursten ; translated from the Swedish by Marlaine Delargy.

by Tursten, Helene, 1954-

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Soho Crime, 2021.

Older women -- Fiction.

Older people -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

9781641291675 (hc.)

255 p. ; 17 cm.

Translated from the Swedish.

Elderly lady begins to remember her past -- Little Maud sets a trap -- Lancing a boil -- Truth about Charlotte -- Peter Pan problem -- Elderly lady takes a trip to Africa.

"Just when things have finally cooled down for 88-year-old Maud after the disturbing discovery of a dead body in her apartment in Gothenburg, a couple of detectives return to her doorstep, ruining a perfectly good afternoon. Though Maud deftly dodges their questions with the skill of an Olympic gymnast a fifth of her age, she wonders if suspicion has fallen on her, little old lady that she is. The truth is, ever since Maud was a girl, death has seemed to follow her. In these six interlocking stories, memories of unfortunate incidents from Maud's past keep bubbling to the surface, each triggered by something around her: an image, a word-even a taste. Meanwhile, certain Problems in the present require immediate attention. Luckily, Maud is no stranger to taking matters into her own hands... even if it means she has to get a little blood on them in the process."--Publisher.

Mystery fiction.

Swedish fiction -- Translations into English.

Delargy, Marlaine.

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