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The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg sounds like a caper novel. You see it concerns 79-year-old Martha Andersson who dreams of escaping her care home and robbing a bank!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Old lady who broke the rules<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Plot<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

She has no intention of spending the rest of her days in an armchair and is determined to fund her way to a much more exciting lifestyle. Along with her four oldest friends \u2013 otherwise known as the League of Pensioners \u2013 Martha decides to rebel against all of the rules imposed upon them. Together, they cause uproar with their antics protesting against early bedtimes and plasticky meals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the elderly friends become more daring, they hatch a cunning plan to break out of the dreary care home and land themselves in a far more attractive Stockholm establishment. With the aid of their Zimmer frames, they resolve to stand up for old aged pensioners everywhere \u2013 Robin Hood style. And that\u2019s when the adventure really takes off . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This book is translated from Swedish by Rod Bradbury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules is available from <\/p>\n\n\n\n

City adventurers Solve The Murder<\/a> at https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/a\/3668\/9781447250616<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazon<\/a> at https:\/\/amzn.to\/4a2ZDxz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waterstones<\/a> at https:\/\/tidd.ly\/4rq2oAn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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