02550cam a2200373 i 4500 1380998276 OCoLC 20231205103746.0 230530s2023 nyu 000 1 eng d 2023025958 9780593356180 DLC eng rda DLC PR9199.4.P7768 M97 2023 813/.6 23/eng/20230530 Prose, Nita, author. 10079 The mystery guest / Nita Prose. First edition. New York : Ballantine Group, [2023] 291 pages ; 25 cm. text txt rdacontent. unmediated n rdamedia. volume nc rdacarrier. A Maid novel ; [2] "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 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." -- Book jacket. Hotel cleaning personnel Fiction. 14872 Homicide Fiction. 9557 Social skills Fiction. 14873 Murder Investigation Fiction. 484 Hotels Fiction. 10066 Detective and mystery fiction. lcgft. 485 Thrillers (Fiction). lcgft. 486 Prose, Nita. Maid novel ; 2. 14874 ddc BOOK 29112 29112 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ AF 2023-12-05 29.00 5 PROS 64616 2024-04-10 2024-03-26 2023-12-05 BOOK 1