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Date Apr 21 2026 | Archive Date May 05 2026/Netgalley/ Mad Mabel A Novel by Sally Hepworth

 book cover for Mad Mabel 

 St. Martin's Press  women's fiction 

Description

There are two kinds of people no one ever expects to be murderers: little girls and old ladies. Meet Mad Mabel.

Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick is eighty-one years old. She's lived on her idyllic street, Kenny Lane, for sixty years--longer than anyone else. Aside from being a curmudgeon who minds everyone else's business, few would suspect that Elsie has a past that she has worked exceedingly hard at concealing. Because when it comes to murder, no one ever suspects little girls or old ladies. And Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick, once a little girl and now an old lady, has a strange history of people in her life coming to a foul end.

When a new little girl (talkative, curious, nosy) moves into the neighborhood and stops at nothing to befriend Elsie, her carefully-constructed life threatens to come crashing down as the secrets in Elsie's past start coming to light. Who was "Mad Mabel" fifty years ago? Who is Elsie Fitzpatrick today? And if the past has a habit of repeating itself, who has the most to lose?

Told with Sally Hepworth's twists, humor, charm, and heart, MAD MABEL is novel that weaves past and present together--through the power of justice and redemption, and all the way to its stunning conclusion.


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EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9781250284549
PRICE $29.00 (USD)
PAGES 352

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MY 5 STAR REVIEW Titled:  Elsie deserves a break !
It's so unfair !!! Quirky,  Elsie Mabel Waller Fitzpatrick is an 81 year old woman, who is 6 feet tall and just adored and her smart mouth!!! She is NOT a sweet old lady and she has NO intention to be one. She just wants to live a peaceful life on Kenny Lane; a cobbled street, off of central Melbourne ! Her only friend is an English woman, Daphne who totally understands her and her needs. I loved that they giggled, laughed and snorted with laughter together !While Daphne loved kids, Elsie decidedly did not ! The humor was outstanding in this book ! Put Daphne and Elsie together and the fun really begins. Although, Daphne is a little bit more careful that Elsie Wiser maybe. 
As, was the pain that was expressed as well. Speaking of pain, that would be a 7 year old little girl named, Persephone.  Bold little neighbor girl is what she is and she's constantly popping into Elsie's place. Against Elsie's wishes, I might add ! Another pain is neighbor #3,  Joan not only is she litigious but is always throwing in that, "her nephew is a lawyer".  
Great story that I will definitely read again ! Thank you Netgalley. 
 

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