Title: The Mystery Guest

Series: Molly the Maid #2

Author: Nita Prose

Molly Gray is not like anyone else. With her flair for cleaning and proper etiquette, she has risen through the ranks of the glorious five-star Regency Grand Hotel to become the esteemed Head Maid. But just as her life reaches a pinnacle state of perfection, her world is turned upside down when J.D. Grimthorpe, the world-renowned mystery author, drops dead—very dead—on the hotel’s tea room floor.

When Detective Stark, Molly’s old foe, investigates the author’s unexpected demise, it becomes clear that this death was murder most foul. Suspects abound, and everyone wants to know who killed J.D. Grimthorpe? Was it Lily, the new Maid-in-Training? Or was it Serena, the author’s secretary? Could Mr. Preston, the hotel’s beloved doorman, be hiding something? And is Molly really as innocent as she seems?

As the case threatens the hotel’s pristine reputation, Molly knows she alone holds the key to unlocking the killer’s identity. But that key is buried deep in her past—because long ago, she knew J.D. Grimthorpe. Molly begins to comb her memory for clues, revisiting her childhood and the mysterious Grimthorpe mansion where she and her dearly departed Gran once worked side by side. With the entire hotel under investigation, Molly must solve the mystery post-haste. If there’s one thing Molly knows for sure, it’s that dirty secrets don’t stay buried forever…

Molly the Maid is back with another mystery at the Regency Grand!

An author holds a press conference to make an important announcement but he doesn’t get to do it as someone poisons his tea! Scandal!

The pressure is on as the staff are all under suspicion coupled with the fact that Molly has a secret so her detective skills are put to the test!

In this book we learn more about her early life and the life of her Gran. Some of these parts broke my heart but what shone through was what a beautiful person Molly’s Gran was.

I loved this cozy mystery and the little revelation at the end made my heart sing!

Do I detect a change of employment for Molly? I’d be interested to see where that goes but would defo miss the Regency Grand and Mr Preston!