Maud is almost 90 years old and you might think she’s a flighty old bird but you’d be wrong. She a calculated killer. I really wanted her to be eaten by lions on her safari trip because she’s so nasty. She did sort of warm on me in the end, but I wouldn’t drink anything she’s offering.
This tiny book looks super cute (it’s 6″ x 4.5″) but it’s an alarming set of six stories that present the unfortunate memories of Maud’s earlier days (well, one murder is rather recent). Each trick or murder is weirdly justified in Maud’s mind, and she seems to get away with it.
In some ways the book reminds me of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Night Murder Club, but instead of the little old lady solving murders, the little old lady is committing them.
Overall I did come to like this book.