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This is a small, easy-to-read volume with charming cover art and five very brief but darkly amusing, intriguing little stories. They center around Maud, an elderly Swedish woman who resolves her more pressing life problems with murder. She's very coldly calculating, both in her commission of the executions and how she covers them up, especially in playing the helpless old woman no one would suspect. in between murders, she trots the globe, visits spas, and enjoys local gourmet food. It's difficu
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An amusing collection of short stories about an octogenarian serial killer.
Grattis, lilla Maud. :-D
Little Maud is a nasty old bitch. She kills people. Now, one can think her reasons to kill people are good, even commendable, but she is still a nasty old bitch. :-D
This book is a collection of short stories, about an almost 90 years old lady, who is very spry and agile for her age. It's funny. :-)
Reminds me of Suloinen myrkynkeittäjä (Interestingly enough that hasn't been translated into English.) ...more
Little Maud is a nasty old bitch. She kills people. Now, one can think her reasons to kill people are good, even commendable, but she is still a nasty old bitch. :-D
This book is a collection of short stories, about an almost 90 years old lady, who is very spry and agile for her age. It's funny. :-)
Reminds me of Suloinen myrkynkeittäjä (Interestingly enough that hasn't been translated into English.) ...more
I had a hard time with how some of the things in this book that the Elderly Lady did were very nonchalantly talked about it. I mean she did some pretty crazy stuff that should have had some consequences. But other than that it was an ok read.
A genre I generally enjoy. Not sure if this one classifies as a novella or a collection of short stories, but it was short on character development and would have been much more enjoyable with an infusion of humor. A more accurate title would be"An Irritable Old Lady Kills People: Here's a List."
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