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An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed
  • Published: 5 January 2022
  • ISBN: 9781641291675
  • Imprint: Soho Press
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $24.99

An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed

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5 Jan 2022
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5 Oct 2021
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Everyone's favorite octogenarian killer is back in this new collection of stories by Swedish crime writer Helene Tursten that is sure to have you in stitches.

Don’t let her age fool you. Maud may be nearly ninety, but if you cross her, this elderly lady is more sinister than sweet. 

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. Though Maud 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. 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.

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  • Published: 5 January 2022
  • ISBN: 9781641291675
  • Imprint: Soho Press
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $24.99
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About the authors

Helene Tursten

Helene Tursten was a nurse and a dentist before she turned to writing. She is the author of the Irene Huss series, including: Detective Inspector Huss, Night Rounds, The Torso, The Glass Devil, The Golden Calf, The Fire Dance, The Beige Man, The Treacherous Net, Who Watcheth, and Protected by the Shadows as well as the Embla Nyström series. Her books have been translated into eighteen languages and made into a television series. She was born in Göteborg, Sweden, where she now lives with her husband.
portrait photo of Helene Tursten

Marlaine Delargy

Marlaine Delargy works as a translator and adult learning support tutor. She has translated novels by Asa Larsson, Johan Theorin, and Helene Tursten, among others, and serves on the editorial board of the Swedish Book Review. She lives in Shropshire, England.
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Praise for An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed

"[A] deliciously noir short story collection . . . Tursten takes readers deep inside Maud's head as she plots the demise of anyone who crosses her . . . Here's hoping Tursten brings back the flinty homicidal octogenarian for more adventures."--The New York Times