Helene Tursten writes two mystery series in her Swedish home town of Gothenburg. When she was asked to write a short story for a Christmas anthology she decided not to write about someone on the right side of the law, she created Maud, an 88 year old spinster, who has outlived her mother and sister and remains in the house she grew up in. She may look like other sweet grannies, but she is quite different. She is a criminal and she has the perfect disguise, even a for a murderer.
So what started as one short story has turned into five stories of an elderly lady getting away with murder because she can act the part of a sweet, little old lady, who cannot hear well and needs a cane to shuffle along. Yet, when she is alone she can hear perfectly and she is much stronger and agile than you would think.
This is a very clever cute premise for a collections of stories. An enjoyable read.
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