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Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio
Published: April 8, 2025
Summary:
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.
My thoughts:
I have absolutely loved every story about Molly the Maid and so I approached this latest installment with a bit of trepidation, knowing it was the final one…it’s always so sad knowing those characters you’ve come to love will no longer be having adventures in the future. But at least this one was as good as I hoped it would be and gave us all the answers we needed and more!
I have loved seeing Molly grow throughout this series and really come into her own. This is what I love the most about series – that continued character development and we really got to see some amazing growth for our dear Molly over the course of this series. I also loved that this particular installment brought back Gran in such a unique way and it was so well-done. I’m always a fan of dual-narratives and the way it is used here really is so clever. Who would have guessed that a few precious momentos could end up being worth so much and be the vehicle to tie in the past to the present?
This series is one that I am constantly recommending because it really is just so easy to read, full of quirky, endearing characters and always include a mystery or two to solve. This is cozy mystery at its best! While I am sad that Molly’s adventures have run their course, I am excited to see what Nita Prose has in store for us next…she has definitely proven to be one talented, entertaining writer that I will for sure be reading again!
Audio thoughts:
I have listened to most of the books in this series because I love the voice Lauren Ambrose has created for Molly. I couldn’t think of any other way to enjoy this book – Lauren just gets Molly and her quirkiness and brings her to life so effortlessly. And her consistency book to book is perfection!
Books in this series:
1, The Maid
3, The Maid’s Secret
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I could ever get a book by this author in my neck of the woods. Sounds such a good series.
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It’s such a fun series!