Recycled by Cecilia Peartree

This was a very odd short story, nothing of what I was expecting.  It is about an elderly woman in a community who was attacked and finding out who did it.  There were strange twists and turns and odd characters.  At the end of the story there was a snippet about the author and we were informed that some of the characters introduced here will be part of further mysteries.  If that is the case I may be able to better understand 'Recycled'.  Even in a short story you can develop characters and all Peartree did was tease and confuse me. (NOOK)