Boredom Dies Last
Fiction
Do not resuscitate – a cosy retirement home mystery
Life in the retirement home is boring. Helmut could have predicted this, but his wife Margot has decided that in her old age, what she needs more than anything is three regular meals, a laundry service, and a gym. She listens patiently to his objections that a prison would offer the same luxuries, but her mind is made up. And now, just like that, Helmut’s life revolves around sharing beers with Gerhard, trying to contact various dead pets in séances, and helping Hannelore organise her funeral.
That is, until the girl from the kitchen, Selma, is found dead with a meat fork up her nose. Some life has finally and paradoxically been breathed into the house by this crime – and Helmut couldn’t be happier.
- Darkly funny – and a little bit mean, in the best sense!
- For readers of Richard Osman and Robert Thorogood
Julia Bruns was born in Thuringia in 1975, and she studied political science, sociology and psychology at the University of Jena. Among other things, she was a speech writer for former Thuringian Minister President Dieter Althaus. Since 2011, she has worked as a freelance author / ghostwriter and as a PR advisor.
Do not resuscitate – a cosy retirement home mystery
Life in the retirement home is boring. Helmut could have predicted this, but his wife Margot has decided that in her old age, what she needs more than anything is three regular meals, a laundry service, and a gym. She listens patiently to his objections that a prison would offer the same luxuries, but her mind is made up. And now, just like that, Helmut’s life revolves around sharing beers with Gerhard, trying to contact various dead pets in séances, and helping Hannelore organise her funeral.
That is, until the girl from the kitchen, Selma, is found dead with a meat fork up her nose. Some life has finally and paradoxically been breathed into the house by this crime – and Helmut couldn’t be happier.
- Darkly funny – and a little bit mean, in the best sense!
- For readers of Richard Osman and Robert Thorogood