All the stories focus on eighty-eight-year-old Maud, who lives in a lovely apartment in Gothenburg, Sweden, rent free. Being very old, some people try to take advantage of her but she is not easy to fool. And she can take care of herself.
One theme throughout the stories is how elderly people are treated and overlooked in society. Maud uses this perception of older people to her advantage.
The five stories are:
- “An Elderly Lady Has Accommodation Problems”
- “An Elderly Lady on Her Travels"
- “An Elderly Lady Seeks Peace at Christmastime”
- “The Antique Dealer’s Death”
- “An Elderly Lady Is Faced with a Difficult Dilemma”
I liked the last two stories best; the last story tells the previous story from a different point of view. Even if short stories are not your thing you might enjoy this set of connected stories because it reads something like a short novel. This small book is full of dark humor.
“An Elderly Lady Seeks Peace at Christmastime” was published in The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers, if you already have that collection of stories.
If you can read this book without having read a review or any of the book cover text, I recommend that. Most reviews, and even some blurbs within the book, tell more than I wanted to know in advance. For that reason, I have given an overview of the stories with no details. If you do want more detail about the stories, check these posts at
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Publisher: Soho Crime, 2018
Publisher: Soho Crime, 2018
Translated by Marlaine Delargy
Length: 171 pages in a small format book
Format: Hardcover
Setting: Sweden
Genre: Crime fiction, short stories
Source: Purchased in November 2019.
Length: 171 pages in a small format book
Format: Hardcover
Setting: Sweden
Genre: Crime fiction, short stories
Source: Purchased in November 2019.
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