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This was a great follow up to The Maid. The MC, Molly, blossoms as her self-confidence increases. Juan is away to visit family and Molly is on her own planning and delivering impeccable service at a special reception. The event is marred, when the guest of honor drops dead. Molly‘s attention to details reveals the guest‘s darkest secrets and a killer. It‘s a 4/5 ⭐️ pick for this celebration of family, friends and understanding our differences.

I've loved having Molly the Maid back. She is as endearing, entertaining, and quirky as ever.
I much preferred this to "The Maid" as we got to know Molly more, and she had some corker one-liners. Feel good, cheesy, unique, and fun. A huge thumbs up from me!

I've missed Molly. 🤣

Five minutes peace with the hound ❤️

Cosy and lightheaded murder mystery with satisfying ending :)

I really enjoyed spending time with Molly Gray again in this sequel to the Maid. Another solid mystery with quirky characters and a calming setting in a charming English boutique hotel. I really enjoy this series and look forward to more! #BookspinBingo #BOTM @TheAromaofBooks

Liked it even more than the first one! It‘s such a cheerful book about murder! Lol Read it very quickly.

4⭐️/5⭐️

4/5 🌟

Molly the Maid has made a triumphant return in the sequel, and I couldn't be happier. Having loved the first book, I was thrilled to find that Molly is as lovely, meticulous, and quirky as ever. The sequel is just as entertaining, and I'm pleased to say it did not disappoint.

I liked this one as much as the first one. I like how the author shows value in neurodivergence.

The second book starring Molly the Maid. A famous author rents the Tea Room for an important announcement and dies before revealing it. Molly as usual has a memory that remembers everything, and realizes she's met this man before. Told in flashback, Molly remembers cleaning with her Gran at the authors mansion. I found this book not as fun as the first. But still worth reading.
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My expectations for this sequel were sky high and so the novel felt a bit short. I missed Juan, found Molly‘s rhymed wisdom a bit twee-er than previously, but thoroughly enjoyed the mystery.

I enjoyed this just as much as I did The Maid. I really like main character Molly, and this mystery focuses on the murder of an author in her beloved hotel.

I think the narration by Lauren Ambrose fits these stories perfectly and recommend them if you like audio.

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This is the sequel to “The Maid“ and surprisingly I found it to be even better. Admittedly it is a light, almost cozy mystery, but I have fallen for the quirky and always honest character of Molly and cannot wait to read more of the series. The dialogue is clever and Prose's descriptions of the various settings allow us to be 'there' and yet they never feel to drag on. This one can be read as a stand alone, but the first was also great. 4.5/5

“The Mystery Guest” is the second book in the “Molly the Maid” series. The story revolves around Molly Gray, the Head Maid at the Regency Grand Hotel, who is tasked with uncovering the truth behind the death of J.D. Grimthorpe, a world-renowned mystery author, who dies on the hotel‘s tea room floor. As Detective Stark investigates the author‘s unexpected demise, it becomes clear that this death was murder most foul. • 3.5 Stars

Wonderful. Better than the first.

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I had three 5⭐️ books in October. All wonderful for different reasons, but I think Molly (from TMG) edged out the other two by just being herself. 😊☀️ Loved getting to know her a little bit better and think I actually enjoyed this one more than its predecessor.

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It was so nice to get back to visit Molly and her friends at the hotel, she has such a wonderful perspective on things. Loved ythe mystery and the twists the story took to get there.

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The epilogue was so sweet!
I like Molly as a character. And I also like that she is helping me learn new vocabulary words. I find that I really missed Gran in present day.
I enjoyed The Maid more than this one... The Maid stuck with me for awhile after finishing. This one, probably won't.
If there are more in this series, I likely won't read them. But this was good enough to recommend to anyone who enjoyed The Maid.
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It was great seeing Molly back in action solving another murder! The flashback scenes were good even if they distracted some from the main storyline. I enjoyed this one but I probably liked the 1st one better. I wonder if there will be a third book!

So far Molly doesn‘t disappoint. Nita Prose may be a good editor but she is a great writer ✍️

This book was an absolute delight to read. I enjoyed this one even more than the first book in the series. If you‘re in the market for a cozy mystery filled with lots of heart look no further.
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The follow up to The Maid finds a famous novelist dying in a very public, suspicious way. The cast of characters is familiar from the first book with a few new faces thrown in. Lauren Ambrose reads the audio and she is absolutely brilliant! I really enjoyed this. I feel like there‘s potential for another book, but I have no idea if there will be one. If so, I‘m definitely reading it!

I wasn‘t sure if I wanted to pick this up - while I liked the Maid, I had difficulty with how patronizing interactions with Molly came off. I didn‘t get that as much this time around, maybe because I went in with a low bar? I liked the flipping back & forth in time and the mystery but the over-stereotyping was still strong.

I am not into the amateur sleuth trope, but Nita does it well twice now. It had an intricate plot, but it sometimes the backstory pulled me out of the story. I have to admit I didn't guess the culprit, so there's that.

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I enjoyed the return of Molly and the hotel staff for this fun whodunnit murder mystery. A fast-paced, light read and great follow-up to The Maid.😁☕️

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This was a fun continuation of Molly the Maid‘s story! I liked learning more about her childhood with her Gran through flashbacks. It didn‘t feel quite as fresh or intriguing as the first book did to me, but it was an enjoyable and endearing cozy mystery overall. The audiobook narrator is great! 🎧

If you‘re a fan of Molly, this is a satisfying read. I wasn‘t keenly invested in the current murder mystery happening at the Regency Grand Hotel wishing instead to sit in the chapters with the younger Molly and her grandmother. But the author eventually pulled me back to current-day Molly and the mystery only Molly could solve.

Wow! I think I liked this even more than the first one. A very delightful murder mystery that also gives us more of Molly the Maids childhood. I would definitely read The Maid first, but it has its own story. A very fun fast read. 5⭐️
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I enjoyed this second book more than the first. This time around the mystery is kind of tangled up in Molly's past and I really liked getting a glimpse of that past as it's nice learning about her character and seeing her grow so much!

I always wonder if an authors second book is going to live up to their first. In the case of The Mystery Guest, Prose's second book, does live up to her first The Maid.

In The Mystery Guest, we are reunited with Molly, the maid. She is now head maid and takes her job seriously. While training Lily, a new maid, a guest of the Regency is murdered. Molly is thrust into the middle of the investigation by her friend, Angela. Of course, there ⬇️

I really enjoyed the first in this series, The Maid, and this one did not disappoint as the next adventure for Molly. I‘m loving her more and more as I get to know her better and that goes for her co-stars as well.
This one involves a famous reclusive mystery author who plans to make a big announcement at the Regency Grand Hotel only to drop dead before the information is shared. Molly, who happens to have a prior connection with the author, is 🔻