This tiny little hardcover with its perfect cross-stitch illustration immediately called to mind Sofia Petrillo. This is a book about a little old lady who kills people.
Maud is the last one left in her family; her parents and her sister died a long time ago, and she lives rent-free because of a loophole in the housing contract her father signed a lifetime ago. Maud may seem defenseless and vulnerable, but she has a very long memory and no tolerance for fools. She could be called a serial killer, technically, but she really doesn't do it because she's blood-thirsty. She just has no time for people who might be getting in her way.
This is a tiny little book that would be a perfect stocking-stuffer. It contains five short stories about Maud and her various justifiable murders. The idea of a sweet little old woman being a killer is the novelty that engages the reader, but Helen Tursten does a great job keeping the reader involved because of Maud's so unlikeable that she's likeable personality.
Other books about seniors citizens from Sweden (who don't kill people): A Man Called Ove and Britt-Marie was Here by Frederick Backman
Other Nordic Noir: The Snowman by Jo Nesbo
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