The Maid's Secret
A Maid Novel
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4.3 • 35 Ratings
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Publisher Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A daring art heist on the eve of Molly’s wedding reveals long-buried secrets in this intriguing and heartwarming novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest.
”A big-hearted examination of wealth and social class.”—Oprah Daily
”A glorious read . . . intrigue, heart, and humanity in spades.”—Lucy Foley
Molly Gray’s life is about to change in ways she could never have imagined. As the esteemed Head Maid and Special Events Manager of the Regency Grand Hotel, two good things are just around the corner—a taping of the hit antiquities TV show Hidden Treasures and, even more exciting, her wedding to Juan Manuel.
When Molly brings in some old trinkets to be appraised on the show, one item is revealed to be a rare and coveted artifact worth millions. Molly becomes a rags-to-riches sensation, and a media frenzy swirls as she prepares to sell her priceless treasure. Then, on auction day, the treasure suddenly vanishes. and Molly and her friends find themselves at the center of the boldest art heist in recent memory.
But the key to this mystery lies in the past, in a long-forgotten diary written by Molly’s Gran. For the first time ever, Molly learns about her grandmother’s secrets: how she was born into a wealthy family and fell head-over-heels in love with a young man her parents deemed below her. As fate would have it, Gran’s greatest love was someone Molly knows quite well.
A spirited heist caper and an epic love story, The Maid’s Secret is a spell-binding whodunit that will capture your heart.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Molly the Maid returns to solve another mystery, but this time with a twist. An Antiques Roadshow–style reality series is filming a new season at the Regency Grand Hotel, so Molly brings in a handful of her beloved late Gran’s things…one of which happens to be worth millions. When the heirloom is dramatically stolen while it’s up for auction, it’s up to Molly to figure out the culprit. And the clues she needs might be right there in Gran’s own diary. Half of the novel’s chapters are diary entries detailing Gran’s surprising life story, making The Maid’s Secret a charming mashup of lighthearted cozy mystery and sweet historical romance. You can read this novel as a standalone, but the endearing Molly and her found hotel family (especially her kitchen-worker fiancé, Juan Manuel) are so likable that you may want to start with The Maid and The Mystery Guest for the full effect.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Prose's wonderful third full-length adventure for Molly Gray, head maid of the Regency Grand Hotel (after The Mystery Guest), combines an art heist plot with a juicy love story full of class conflict and family drama. When the Regency Grand hosts a taping of the antiques TV show Hidden Treasures and offers staff a free appraisal session, Molly is shocked to discover that the gold-colored display egg owned by her late grandmother Flora is an authentic Fabergé worth millions. After the piece disappears from the hotel, however, Molly becomes the target of several threats and investigations. Answers come from Flora's diary, which was kept safe by the hotel's doorman—whom Molly recently learned is her grandfather—and is unlocked with a key entrusted to Molly before her grandmother's death. Prose divides the tale between flashbacks to a young Flora's budding romance with the doorman and the details of Molly's investigation in the present. The perfectly timed reveals in each story line complement each other, and Prose seamlessly integrates the tones of 1950s melodrama and zany contemporary caper. Energetic and full of heart, this proves that Prose's series deserves a long run.
