Molly's life has changed - she's been promoted to Head Maid at the Regency Grand Hotel, and she's engaged to the love of her life Juan Manuel! When a popular Antiques Roadshow-esque TV show comes to the hotel, Molly brings a box of her Gran's bits and bobs and learns that her Gran's decorative egg is actually a Fabergé egg worth millions. When the egg is stolen, Molly has a new mystery on her hands.
The story includes dual timelines - one focusing on the modern day missing huevo mystery and the other is a journey back in time to learn more about Molly's beloved Gran's early life. Through excerpts from Flora Gray's diary and her personal letters, readers (and Molly) get to know Gran as a young girl and see how her family secrets and difficult past made her into the beloved force in Molly's life.
The Maid's Secret is a charming finale to this much-loved mystery series that has a truly memorable cast. It's a wonderful mix of mystery, history, heart and wit that blends long-buried secrets, unexpected treasure and family lore that will leave readers glad they've met Molly, Juan and the Regency Grand's quirky crew.
Disclaimer: My sincere thanks to Viking Books for the complimentary digital copy of this book which was given in exchange for my honest review.
My Rating: 4.5 stars
Author: Nita Prose
Series: Molly the Maid 3
Genre: Mystery, Canadian
Type and Source: ebook from publisher via NetGalley
Publisher: Viking (PRHC)
First Published: April 8, 2025
Read: March 7 - 10, 2025
Book Description from GoodReads: When a daring art heist takes place at the Regency Grand, Molly’s life is threatened. The question is who’s out to get her, and why? Long-buried secrets will be revealed in this intriguing and heartwarming novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest
A wedding. A heist. A secret.
Molly Gray’s life is about to change in ways she could never have imagined. As the esteemed Head Maid and recently promoted Special Events Manager of the Regency Grand Hotel, good things are just around the corner, including her marriage to her beloved fiancé, Juan Manuel, only two months away.
But Molly’s entire existence is upended when a film crew descends upon the hotel to shoot the hit reality TV show Hidden Treasures, starring popular art appraisers Brown and Beagle. On a whim, Molly brings in a shoebox containing a few of her gran’s old things for appraisal, and much to everyone's surprise, one item turns out to be a rare and priceless treasure. Instantly, Molly is both a multi-millionaire and a media sensation—the world’s rags-to-riches darling—until the priceless piece vanishes from the hotel in the boldest, brashest antiquities heist in recent memory.
The key to the mystery lies in the past, in a long-forgotten diary written by Molly’s gran. For the first time ever, Molly learns about Gran’s true-to-life fairytale, a young girl to the manor born, the only child of a wealthy magnate. But when Gran falls head over heels in love with a young man her parents deem below her station, her life is thrown into turmoil. As fate would have it, the greatest love of Gran’s life is someone Molly knows quite well….
Together with her friends, Molly combs the past and the present to catch the thief before looming threats against her become real.
A spirited heist caper and an epic love story, The Maid’s Secret is a spellbinding whodunnit that will capture and warm your heart.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Comments totally make my day!! I read each and every one and really try to reply to all messages posted. Thanks for stopping by my blog!