the maid by nita prose

THE MAID

I read this a while ago, but now that I’m back to posting the books I’m reading, I had to include The Maid.

One of my favorite novels of all time is Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – I posted a review in May 2019 and if you haven’t read it yet, treat yourself – and Eleanor and Molly could be sisters, or at least cousins.

This is the one about 25-year-old Molly the Maid (and she acknowledges that irony) who works at a London hotel and struggles with the grey areas of life – the social nuances, the unspoken meanings -- but thrives in the black and white areas of thorough vacuuming and neatly made beds. But when she finds a wealthy and infamous guest, dead in his room, she becomes the lead suspect in his murder, and learns to accept help in navigating the grey.

I think I read this in two sittings, and Nita has written a prequel that’s coming out this winter– The Mystery Guest