Audiobook Review: The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose

 

The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid #2) by Nita Prose

Publication Date: November 28th 2023 by Penguin Random House Audio

Pages: 293

Audio Book Length: 8hrs 23min

Narrator: Lauren Ambrose

Source: Publisher

Rating: ★★★★

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My Thoughts:

Love Molly! She may miss some social cues here and there, but her attention to detail, her positive outlook, and the joy she finds in cleaning, (restoring The Regency Grand Hotel rooms “to a state of perfection!”) is an absolute delight! The Mystery Guest picks up a couple of years (?) in the future from The Maid. Molly is now head maid and has her own trainee and a new mystery!

 

A famous author is murdered before he can make a special announcement, and Molly ends up in the middle of it. Molly’s past factors in heavily as it’s revealed she knew the author. I enjoyed getting more background about her and Gran. As usual, Molly’s attention to details that others would discount ends up being key in solving the murder. I’m looking forward to The Mistletoe Mystery, a Molly the Maid novella, coming in just a couple of weeks (10/1/24)!

 

I listened to the audio version and highly recommend it! Lauren Ambrose’s performance is excellent! She captures the essence of Molly’s prim and proper personality perfection!

4 Stars

Book Description:

When an acclaimed author dies at the Regency Grand Hotel, it's up to a fastidious maid to uncover the truth, no matter how dirty—in a standalone novel featuring Molly Gray, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid, a Good Morning America Book Club Pick.

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...