DO NOT DISTURB. WHODUNNIT IN PROGRESS . . .
Molly Gray wears her Head Maid badge proudly for every shift at the Regency Grand Hotel: plumping pillows, sweeping up secrets, silently restoring rooms to a state of perfection. But the hotel's reputation is sullied when a guest – a famous mystery writer – drops very dead on the tearoom floor.
As suspicion swirls in the hotel corridors, it's clear there's grime lurking beneath the gilt. And Molly knows that she alone holds the key to the mystery. But unlocking it means thinking about the past, about a dusty old house, and everything else she's tidied away in her memory.
Because Molly knew the dead guest once upon a time – and she knows his secrets too . . .
I very much enjoyed spending more time in Molly's company as she finds herself caught up in yet another mysterious death at the Regency Grand Hotel. This time its a famous author who died - right before he was about to reveal to a crowded room of reporters and fans a secret he had been keeping for years...
It was so lovely to see a more confident Molly who was still very much herself at the same time. She was no nonsense but incredibly kind to a new maid she was working alongside, we got to see her friendships and her joy at doing her job well. I loved that her opinions were obviously highly valued as well, bringing us a long way from the Molly we met at the start of The Maid.
In this book we get to see more of Molly's history as well, how she came to be raised by her beloved grandmother, her experiences at school and when she first became interested in becoming a maid.
The mystery in this book was great, I was completely wrapped up in the why of it and the who (the how was always fairly obvious but I don't think it was supposed to be anything but).
A thoroughly enjoyable second outing for Molly and the staff of the Regency Grand Hotel.
With thanks to Harper Collins and Netgalley for a copy in exchange for honest review.
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