Molly the Maid never fails to bring joy! This time around Molly is planning her wedding and discovers that she may be sitting on a fortune!

As ever life doesn’t go smoothly for Molly and she is surrounded by eccentric events and a police investigation! Along the way she discovers a lot about her family history.

This book is full of all our well loved friends with some new ones added too. A wonderful book with Molly’s voice ringing out from the pages. I adored it!

WOW! WOW! WOW!.
Molly's back with a very interesting, captivating crime to solve and she does it her style. She's the same quirky, loveable character, who you can't help but fall in love with. I'm massively disappointed it's the last book in the series. But WOW, what an absolutely, brilliant, unputdownable series it's been. LOVED IT, LOVED IT, LOVED IT. A massive congratulations to Nita Prose for bringing Molly to life. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

DNF and I’m sad about it. The last two books, we’ve jumped right into the action, with this one, I’m at page 100 which is my minimum and still there has been no crime.
I’m really disappointed with this one having come from the second one and really enjoying it. The books do flow from one to the other really well but it doesn’t make up for the fact that this was one is really dull. Also, I just don’t get it. She goes from rags to riches and people are obsessed with her, it’s a really bizarre and slow storyline.
As usual, I stuck to my 100 pages before stopping but it was a struggle.

Another brilliant book in the Molly the Maid series.
Having read the first two books it was great to catch up with Molly and her fiancé Juan again.
Molly is preparing the Regency Hotel for a special event where a well known valuation TV show will be filming at the hotel.
Molly takes her special box along and is gobsmacked when she’s told she has an item worth millions. Fans of the show soon take a keen interest in Molly and her life is turned upside down with people following her and wanting to be part of her life.
We also have chapters from Gran’s diary and we learn how the item came into the family along with an insight into Gran’s earlier life.
When the egg is stolen Molly and her friends help Detective Stark to find out who the thief is, which doesn’t quite go to plan.
I loved this book and once again Molly’s view of the world made me laugh and I did shed a few happy tears too.
I highly recommend this series.
Thanks to Harper Collins UK for the opportunity to read this book.

💭 ᴍʏ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛꜱ:
How I adore Molly the Maid. She's so funny and witty without knowing it. I have flown through all three books so quickly. The pace is good and the short chapters make you want to read "one more". Angela is probably one of my favourite characters. I just adore this series and again book 3 was exactly I was expecting. A warm bath, full of loveable characters mixed with a mystery. It's a super easy read and I finished it in two days.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🤓 ʀᴇᴀᴅ ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪᴋᴇ:
Quick and easy read
Character Development
Short Chapters
Mystery
Entertaining read

ꜱʏɴᴏᴘꜱɪꜱ:
𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘭. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯 – 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘱 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸.
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵.

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘦𝘺, 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨’𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴? 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘦?

𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘭’𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘺. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘭𝘵, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘥……

I am so grateful for the publisher that they provided me with an e-arc.
Molly the Maid is so precious and in every book she makes me feel emotional. This mystery book series follows Molly who is very good at her job being the maid of a super classy hotel. Mainly as she is quite autistic which makes me care for her interactions, thoughts and expressions a lot. Throughout the series Molly makes human connections discovers family, friendship and love and in this one specifically we learn more about her beloved caretaker Gran where she comes from and how Molly gets to her big day.
If you are looking for something cosy and you love a good whodunnit in the vain of Grand Budapest Hotel - pick this one up!

I am grateful to the publisher and NetGalley for a review copy of this book, and I was very excited to read it because I absolutely loved the previous two in the series.
Sadly, in my opinion, this one just wasn’t in the same league. I am not a fan of dual timelines anyway, but in this case the jumping backwards and forwards made the story difficult to follow at times. I also thought the plot was too far fetched (to the point of being silly), and there seemed to be a lot of loose ends. There is one thing that is really confusing me about the egg, and even though I’ve been back and read a few chapters twice I am left with a question that I can’t answer. Maybe it’s just me? So, when Flora is sent to the farmhouse she takes the egg with her and hides it in her mattress. When she leaves the farmhouse and returns to Grays Manor she takes the egg with her and Mrs Peterson sells it for her and gives Flora a few thousand pounds. Flora leaves there and rents the apartment where Molly eventually ends up living with her. My question is: how did the egg get there when it had previously been sold?! Is this a plot hole or have I missed something – I’d love to know.
Although this book wasn’t my favourite I hope there will be a follow on as I love Molly, and the one-liners make me laugh.

Molly is back for another adventure and this time she may not be able to solve it without a little help from her beloved gran.

The wedding with Juan Manuel is almost here. They are having a small but heartfelt affair even though she had the opportunity to have it at the hotel...well that's way out of their budget. When one of her favourite TV programmes comes to the hotel, she takes in a few trinkets for them to value for her. She knows they're not really worth much in cash value but they mean everything to her. But a rather shocked Molly finds there is treasure amongst her "trash" and her life may have been upended once more. What will Molly do if she no longer has to be a maid?

The little family that Molly, Juan Manuel and grandad have at the Regency Grand really are a found family. They may not always get on and there are a few layabouts but they mostly rub along well together. This story is essentially two timelines in one - modern New York where Molly is learning more about her Gran's former life and the past timeline where we see gran as a young adult and how her life comes to be centred on being a maid.

Heists, family secrets and a whopper of a reveal later and Molly is feeling the toll of this possible new life of hers. I was so relieved for her when life settled down and she managed to return to her version of normal. I love the way she has always been unapologetically Molly and everyone loves her just the way she is. She is adorably naïve occasionally and not for the first time I'm pretty sure her actions speak loudly for being on a spectrum of one sort or another.

I'm not sure where Molly can go after this but I'll happily come along for any further adventures.

Molly the maid and her friends at the Regency Grand hotel are back. It was so nice to catch up with them all.

When popular TV show ‘Hidden treasures’ (think Antiques roadshow) comes to film at the hotel, Molly takes in a shoebox of her Gran’s most treasured possessions.
To Molly’s surprise one of the items turns out to be very valuable and could allow her and Juan to lead a very comfortable life.
However, it is another item in the box that turns out to be much more valuable to Molly and allows her to find out more about her Gran.

The book is told through alternating chapters of Molly in the present and her Gran. It was great to read Gran’s backstory and it felt like it really tied the whole series together. Molly is a fascinating character and it was funny to see her become a TV star.

Love this series.

I always enjoy returning to Molly's world and the Regency Grand and this was no exception. To have Molly at the heart of the mystery this time was a new approach and it gave us an opportunity to better understand her character, as we see how different events affect her and how she reacts to different information and situations. I confess I personally don't enjoy a dual timeline so though it was really interesting to know more about Gran, these sections were a bit longer than I would have liked and so for me, a different format might have been better but that's purely subjective and I know this will be a great feature for lots of readers. We definitely see a different side to Gran which is quite unexpected, and learn more about Molly's family history. In the present day, lots of familiar faces return and it was great to see them all again, and to not only see them rallying around Molly but also getting to see how their relationships with each other have changed. This is a wonderful series with a host of great characters!

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I wasn’t too keen on the last book and as such maybe should have let this one go but I wanted to try and see if enjoyed it more,I have though decided the character and the books are not for me,thats nit to say they aren’t good of course just not for me

this was such a great read. I enjoyed this, the characters are more in depth and it was easy to read. the whodunnit aspects was great.

2.5 ⭐️

Many thanks to Harper Collins and NetGalley for this free eARC book.

For me, Molly the Maid should have stopped after the brilliant book 1. Book 2 was okay, but I’m afraid book 3 misses the mark. While I enjoyed the chapters of Gran’s younger life, it didn’t portray the wise, calm old lady we’ve come to know and love.

The tension didn’t arrive until around 50% of the book. When the plot twist came at 83%, I guessed what was going on immediately, so there wasn’t even a mystery, let alone a cosy one!

I really wanted to love this read, but it just didn’t hit any of the right notes for me.

It had some great one-liners and brought the odd smile, which is why it gets 2.5 stars, rounded up to 3 for rating purposes.


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NOTE ON RATINGS: I consider a 3-star rating a positive review. Picky about which books I give 5 stars to, I reserve this highest rating for the stories I find stunning and which moved me.


5 STARS: IT WAS AMAZING! I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN! — Highly Recommended.

4 STARS: I WOULD PULL AN ALL-NIGHTER — Go read this book.

3 STARS: IT WAS GOOD! — An okay read. Didn’t love it. Didn’t hate it.

2 STARS: I MAY HAVE LIKED A FEW THINGS —Lacking in some areas: writing, characterisation, and/or problematic plot lines.

1 STAR: NOT MY CUP OF TEA —Lots of issues with this book.

A follow on from The Maid. A antiques roadshow type program is being filmed at the hotel, a valuation of a fabrrge egg followed by the theft. The maid, hotel staff and police work together to find the thief. Alongside this the Maid reads her grans diary which was written so she would understand her family background and where the egg came from.

While I absolutely adore Molly's Gran and found her story compelling across all three books, The Maid's Secret leaned far too heavily into her past for the storyline. It often felt as if Molly's present-day narrative, which revolved around a rather underwhelming and somewhat rushed mystery, had become a secondary plotline.

Ultimately, it’s still a heartwarming and humorous story, and Molly remained on top form throughout. However, overall, it left me wishing for a more engaging mystery to complement the captivating story of Molly's Gran.

Overall, I’d give this book ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 stars.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Molly works at the Regency Grand Hotel as the head maid and special events manager. She is really serious about her work. In every book, poor Molly is enmeshed in some sort of mystery, and this one is no exception. It delves into Molly’s grandmother’s past when Molly discovers something very valuable in her possession. The characters are lovely and the storyline interesting. The Maid's Secret demonstrates that some things do really become better with each new book thanks to its deft plot twists and profound emotional depth.

I enjoyed the previous books in the Molly The Maid series and was excited to read the next instalment.

Molly the Maid has been promoted to Head Maid and is soon to be married to Juan Manuel when she finds herself entangled in a mystery. The book focuses heavily on Gran's story and while this was interesting in parts, it felt too long and took up too much of the book. I found myself skimming through Gran's story to get back onto what was happening with Molly.

An enjoyable and cosy-mystery read from start to finish, but not in the same league as the previous books in the series!

For me, there was too much focus on Gran and not enough of Molly and her ways, quirkiness and eccentricity which we had grown to love about Molly Gray!

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House for an advanced copy of this book.

Oh, Molly. I’ve been a huge fan since the very first Maid book appeared on shelves everywhere making our Molly an overnight sensation. I just love her, she’s so literal, socially challenged yet a heart of gold she can’t help but capture everyone’s heart she meets. I was thrilled to hear more about Gran and Mr Preston’s story, reading it in diary format was a genius way to bring Flora back to the reader. A perfect way to end the series, I thought I’d feel bereft without Molly but this has left me feeling comfortable that she’s going to be ok. Beautifully written and hard to put down.

I really enjoyed the first book in this series but in each subsequent one, Molly has got more irritating. The cutesy sayings and relentless positivity are too much - it becomes saccharine mush with, to be honest, some pretty weird morality around who "deserves" to benefit from the sale of the egg, given that by the end of the story we know its provenance. I enjoyed Flora's story in this one but it didn't feel like it fit in with the history of her that we already knew.

Molly the Maid is back! And this time, our quaint, quirky perfection seeking maid is very nearly rich; tiktok famous; and a TV reality star!

I have absolutely loved all of the Molly The Maid books and this addition is no different. In fact I think I liked this one more than the last one. This time round, the book is interspersed with diary entries from Gran's life which alternate in chapters alongside Molly's whirlwind of late in finding herself the owner of a VERY valuable object. The split timeline is popular in a lot of novels recently and I'm a big fan. I enjoyed learning Gran's backstory in her own voice, and the pace and surprises within were more page turning than the main plot. Obviously the 2 timelines come together eventually and I thought it was well done.

5 stars as per, and I can't wait already for the next.