Audiobook Review: Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth, Narrated by Hannah Fredericksen and Jenny Seedsman

Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth, Narrated by 

Hannah Fredericksen and Jenny Seedsman

Blurb from Goodreads:

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

Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick is eighty-one years old. She's lived on her idyllic street 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 she's 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.

 I usually love the twists and turns of a Sally Hepworth but this one just made me so sad.  I will say I was definitely surprised!  But I think I just expected too much.  Still, very solid and, as always, excellent narrators!  Give this a listen if you like Sally Hepworth!!r

Mad Mabel comes out next week on April 21, 2026, and you can purchase HERE.  

It's interesting to note that there are two groups of people who are rarely, if ever, suspected of murder. These groups are elderly women and little girls.

On the whole, when it comes to murder, the stats very much favor the men. The odd woman is thrown into the mix every now and again, but she's inevitably perimenopausal (and having been through the change myself, I certainly understand why). But an elderly woman or little girl committing murder? It's one in a million.

I've always liked to think I was special.