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    The Little Old Lady Behaving Badly: A Novel
    The Little Old Lady Behaving Badly: A Novel
    The Little Old Lady Behaving Badly: A Novel
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    The Little Old Lady Behaving Badly: A Novel

    Written by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg

    Narrated by Patience Tomlinson

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    In the third hilarious, unforgettable installment in internationally bestselling author Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg’s League of Pensioners series, Martha and the League’s latest escapade has them headed for the French Riviera in what is sure to be the most daring caper of the summer.

    Martha and her friends are sitting comfortably in Sweden… a little too comfortably. Determined to do more for their fellow pensioners—and jazz things up for themselves—they’re up to their usual antics: bank robberies, money laundering, and figuring out how to disappear in a garbage-truck-cum-getaway-car. They have their sights sets on building a resort village for seniors, but that’s going to take money. Lots of money.

    While stalking their millionaire neighbor, Carl, on Facebook, Anna-Gretta scrolls through his photos—all of them featuring luxury yachts on the Riviera—and an idea comes to her on how to solve the League’s cash problem. When she shares the hare-brained scheme with the others, they’re all aboard.

    Their plan to cheat billionaires out of their luxury yachts in the south of France’s sun-bleached Saint-Tropez soon turns into the heist of their lives with the police hot on their heels—as well as a couple of ruthless ex-cons. Now this wily group of walker-equipped conspirators are hell-bent on accomplishing their dangerous mission—no matter the consequences…

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateJun 26, 2018
    ISBN9780062858269
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    Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg

    CATHARINA INGELMAN-SUNDBERG is the Swedish author of over nineteen books. The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules sold more than 1.2 million copies internationally and was a #1 bestseller in Canada. The Little Old Lady Strikes Again and The Little Old Lady Behaving Badly are also national bestsellers.

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    • 2/5
      Got this one from my little free library. A sort of a light caper story, not especially funny or interesting but at least a fast read.
    • 4/5
      Martha & Crew are at it again! This time, however, they took too many long & complicated ways about things. I enjoyed the premise of the book and continuing to follow where the characters would end up. This was just so long and slow. It was hard to keep interested in the actual details of the crimes and I just wanted them to be over.
    • 5/5
      What a fub “read”. Well narrated/ acted. I hope to read morebooks like this
    • 4/5
      This certainly isn't Scandinoir even though it does involve Sweden, Swedish people and crime. But it is a fun read and was just the thing to pick up for a few days vacation at the beach.This is the third book in this series and I would recommend reading the other two before picking this one up. Many of the crime capers won't make sense unless you know what went before. Martha and her friends in the League of Pensioners need still more money to finance their charitable donations to people who are not adequately cared for by the government such as other old people, health care workers, art galleries, even seamen and police officers. The gang pulls off a bank heist which involves breaking into the bank vault at night from the floor above and then shoving all the loot into the waste disposal system where it is vacuumed into a big truck that Martha is operating. There are a few hitches but the worst thing is when the garbage truck rolls off their property into their neighbour's pool. Fortunately the neighbour is not at home and the gang can bring in cement to fill in the pool and bury the truck. They worry about their neighbour's reaction when he comes home but they discover that he is ensconced on one of his three superyachts in the Mediterranean so they figure he won't be home soon. The money from the bank robbery allows Martha to get a start on one of her ultimate desires--having a community for older folks where they can enjoy themselves and not worry about money. The group buys an old barge and converts it into a trendy restaurant complete with a speed dating table for elderly singles. It succeeds beyond their dreams but a couple of criminals who run a protection racket want in on the act. Martha faces them down several times but the pair try to destroy it. Unbeknownst to them retired Chief Inspector Blomberg and Anna-Greta, who have become attracted to each other, are on board. When Blomberg goes to investigate the strange noises on the deck he recognizes the pair causing him to abandon Anna-Greta in order to get the police involved in capturing the two cons. Anna-Greta and the rest of the gang go off to the Cote d'Azur to steal one of their neighbour's superyachts. They accomplish this and sell it to some Russian oligarchs and then cover up the theft. Martha overhears the Russians talking about her unfavourably and she decides to teach them a lesson. Back in Stockholm she enlists Anna-Greta, who is the group's computer wizard, to drain their bank accounts. Anna-Greta can't get through the security system so she calls in Blomberg to help. So Anna-Greta is paired up with Blomberg, Martha with Brains and Christina with Rake (whenever his wandering eye doesn't wander too much). They also have enough funds to make their dreams of a Happiness Village for seniors come true.With all this money can the League of Pensioners finally settle down and enjoy themselves? As far as I know there aren't any more books in the series so maybe the group have retired from their criminal activities.