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Violence
Some
Murders committed by an elderly protagonist; darkly comic; deaths depicted without graphic detail
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Minimal substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate psychological complexity; dark comedy; reader complicity in protagonist's crimes; satirical portrait of Scandinavian society
What this book is about
Maud is 88 years old, physically frail, charmingly helpless in appearance — and an occasional murderer. When obstacles appear in her comfortable Göteborg life, Maud solves them with a pragmatic efficiency that would horrify anyone who knew her secrets. Helene Tursten's charming standalone mystery collection is a darkly comic portrait of an elderly woman who sees crime as a practical tool.
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Elderly murderer protagonist
Dark comedy
Murder
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