Once Upon a Crime -- January 3, 2023 Discussion

During our first  Once Upon a Crime book discussion club meeting on January 3, we opened up the year talking about An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Tursten. This is book two in a series, following up the 2018 release of An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good. The club read the first book in 2022 and found it borderline funny, yet unbelievable. We were willing to give the series another try with a fresh title.

In this second book, Maud is 88 and comes across as a sweet "lady", but don't cross her or you could end up dead! She acts innocent, but is very sneaky and because of her age, no one considers her dangerous. When confronted about her involvement in a crime, she acts as though she's hard of hearing when questioned and walks with a cane, but the reader is left to figure out if this is all an act or if the police are barking up the wrong tree. 

As a group we found the storyline unique in the fact that the suspects in our books are not usually little old ladies. We gave the book a 4.5 star rating out of 5 stars because it's definitely a book we couldn't put down!