car boot sales and my mum.

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My mum is staying indoors due to covid until august 1st, and she is really looking forward to me taking her to car boot sales.

Which i do love, but.............my mum is only looking for books.
I love searching for vintage china, the search for a 1950s teapot with no chips for example. I get a real thrill for that sort of find.

My mum, she like books about murders and serial killers. As she browses, she makes critical comments to the seller, like ' not enough murders in this one' or ' huh, this one killed them far too quickly' or ' not enough violence in this one, he could of made more of a effort'

Its a bit creepy to be honest, as my mum looks like a reasonably sweet grandmother type.
I tend to pretend she isnt with me, but realistically if you were to point out mother and daughter by looks alone in a crowd, that's us.

Anyone else have this issue?

and btw my mum isnt violent person, and hasnt actually killed anyone.

my mil was like this. Books and books about true crime and serial killers.

and btw my mum isnt violent person, and hasnt actually killed anyone.

Hmmm but how do you know she hasn't killed anyone?

Is your mother interested in writing for Inside No 9 !!

Personally, I would lean in to this.

Dress as her minder, all in black, and stare into the middle distance saying ‘Very good Mrs Custard’ every time she makes a blood thirsty observation.

She sounds like one of those serial killers in plain sight, taunting the authorities while living an outwardly innocuous life.

I was once walking home from school reading a true crime book. I walked past a parent and child. They then emailed the school complaining because someone in my job (primary teacher) shouldn't be reading those books! Maybe they thought I was using them as study books!

I used to work in a library and all the sweet little old ladies used to get very excited when we got new crime and thrillers in. I got drawn into a fair few uncomfortably gruesome conversations about them too! She's not alone!

I like hunting round car boot sales for vintage teapots as well

This sounds like the start of an excellent cosy.