"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, ruining a perfectly good afternoon. Though Maud deftly 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, each triggered by something around her: an image, a word-even a taste. 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"--
Biografie (Helene Tursten)
Helene Tursten, geboren 1954 in Göteborg, tätig lange Jahre als Zahnärztin. Nach Aufgabe ihres Berufes - bedingt durch eine rheumatische Erkrankung - widmete sie sich dem Schreiben. Mit Veröffentlichung von Kriminalromanen um 'Inspektorin Irene Huss' begeisterte sie Schwedens Kritiker und Publikum auf Anhieb. Die Autorin lebt in Sunne/Värmland und ist verheiratet mit einem Ex-Polizisten.
