Addictive Books

Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick - grumpy, sharp‑tongued, and proudly tea‑toddling at eighty‑one - has spent decades hiding in plain sight after becoming Australia’s youngest convicted murderer. But when a neighbor turns up dead, the quiet life she’s built shatters. As police close in and reporters swarm her doorstep, Elsie refuses to be dismissed or underestimated. With a meddling child neighbor, watchful locals, and long‑buried secrets pressing to the surface, she decides it’s finally time to tell her story - on her own terms.
Fiercely funny, deliciously twisty, and packed with wit and warmth, Sally Hepworth’s Mad Mabel delivers a heroine unlike any other. If you crave suburban noir with bite, this one hooks you instantly.