The Mystery Guest | Nita Prose

I'm usually a stickler for reading book series in order but I messed up on this one. Ends up the books stand on their own. The Mystery Guest is the second book in The Maid series by Nita Prose. They're typically described as cozy, Clue-like murder mysteries and that's completely accurate. Molly Gray is the main character and she's a maid in a fancy hotel in an unnamed city (but since Prose is Canadian I'm assuming it's likely Toronto or Montreal). Molly is very proud of her work, is a compulsive cleaner with a real eye for detail. She is fiercely devoted to her work and to the hotel. She also has trouble reading people which makes for some awkward but entertaining situations. For such a nice hotel, the Regency Grand certainly has a lot of mysterious murders and intriguing crimes, and aren't they lucky that Molly Gray works there? The Maid is the first book and The Maid's Secret is the third. There's murder, there's secrets, there's jealousies and petty grievances. It's a murder mystery of the light and caper-y sort. A nice palate cleanser!