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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 tea room 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 case 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—because 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 post-haste. If there's one thing Molly knows for sure, it's that dirty secrets don't stay buried forever...

7 chapters

(view spoiler)[ it's interesting to learn more about Molly and her younger days. It's so sad that they just didn't understand her for so long at her school. I love that she loved to clean.

interesting that the author should have known her but didn't even blink an eye when seeing her. does that mean he was sick?

also interesting that it looks like the assistant kept him from announcing whatever he was going to announce AND took the cards that said what the announcement was.. .hmmmm (hide spoiler)]

14 chapters

(view spoiler)[hmmm. . .I must be missing all the clues. I have no idea who did it - other than the assistant that disappeared

why would the doorman, the trusty guy she knows, steal the book?
and I have no idea what's going on with Lily. . .why is she not talking? what's with the dirt talk?

and that moment with Molly probably meeting her mom and her mom stealing their rent money, that was just so so sad (hide spoiler)]

21 chapters

(view spoiler)[ wow, Molly really did make her gran's life much harder.
and she went from making things bad to worse by getting her fired. eesh.

and I have to admit, I'm glad Cheryl got caught. I didn't like her in book 1 and like her even less now. so glad she, hopefully, gets fired for this. she should have been fired for stealing tips.

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and I'm done
this one was so fun!
(view spoiler)[ awe, I love that! he's her granddad! that's adorable. I wonder if he IS retiring? lol

I hate that Cheryl is still there. hopefully that means she'll behaver herself in the next one

I never thought it was one of the LAMBS. Interesting that she killed him for disappointing and pushing her away.

I like that Molly's POV in the past gave us a peek into who the author was before we really knew him. He was really revealed in those past scenes since he died so early in the beginning (hide spoiler)]

so cute, I'd definitely read the next one!