Prose

2023 · réf. 1058 — FIRST EDITION STATED first printing. Full number line present. Book is brand new and unread. Personally hand signed by Nita Prose directly to specially bound Publisher's signature page. NOT a bookplate. Dust jacket hand covered in protective archival grade Mylar for many worry free years of reading/collecting! A new mess. A new mystery. It's up to Molly the maid to uncover the truth no matter how dirty in this standalone novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid a Good Morning America Book Club pick. "Polished to perfection!"—Shari Lapena author of Everyone Here Is Lying "A page-turning delight from start to finish . . . Once I checked into the Regency Grand I never wanted to leave."—Jenny Jackson author of Pineapple Street A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: PopSugar Harper's Bazaar Chicago Public Library 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 tearoom 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 high-profile death 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 as 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 posthaste. Because if there's one thing she knows for sure it's that secrets don't stay buried forever. Ballantine Books hardcover