THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN BY MARIE BENEDICT / VICTORIA CHRISTOPHER MURRAY {BOOK REVIEW} UPCOMING

 

THE MAID BY NITA PROSE {BOOK REVIEW}

Molly worked as a maid at the Regency Grand hotel, cleaning up after the wealthy guests and cleaning up their messes. Mr. Snow, Molly's boss, regarded her as the ideal worker bee, toiling and toiling to prepare each honeycomb for the arrival of honey. A maid's job is physically demanding. It's exhausting and mind-numbingly repetitive, but she takes pride in her work and does it well every time. Despite the fact that her work is mostly invisible, they cannot function without her! Mr. Snow reminded his colleagues that without the worker bee, there would be no hive.

In the first few chapters, Mr. Charles Black and his second wife, Giselle Black, are frequent visitors to the Regency Grand. Mr. Black stays - or rather, stayed at the Regency Grand for at least a week every month while he oversaw his red estate affairs in the city. Mr. Black was a tycoon, a magnate, and an impresario. He and Giselle were frequently featured in the gossip columns. He could be described as a middle-aged silver fox, though he is neither silver nor a fox. Meanwhile, Giselle was frequently referred to as "a young little trophy socialite."

Molly thought to herself, "A maid's work is never done." Molly discovers Mr. Black dead in the hotel Regency Grand, lying flat on his back on the bed. As a result, Molly is being questioned by Detective Stark. The majority of the pages are memories of Molly's time with her Granma and Gran's wise advice to her.

Detective Stark discusses Mr. Black's toxicology report with Molly. Mr. Black had drugs in his system, the same drugs that were strewn across the floor of his bedroom on his bedside table. Detective Stark was convinced that it wasn't the pills that killed him. He had quite a bit in his system, but not nearly enough to kill him.

A cozy mystery novel to read through any hour of the day! 

Favorite quotes from the Book, The Maid, Nita Rose.

“Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.”
― Nita Prose, The Maid

“That’s the trouble with pain. It’s a contagious as a disease. It spreads from the person who first endured it to those who love them most. Truth isn’t always the highest ideal’ sometimes it must be sacrificed to stop the spread of pain to those you love.”
― Nita Prose, The Maid

“Gran used to say, Never mind what others think; it's what you think that matters. And I agree. One must live by their own moral code, not follow like a sheep blindly.”
― Nita Prose, The Maid

“That’s the trouble with pain. It’s as contagious as a disease. It spreads from the person who first endured it to those who love them most. Truth isn’t always the highest ideal; sometimes it must be sacrificed to stop the spread of pain to those you love. Even children know this intuitively.”
― Nita Prose, The Maid

“Justice is like truth – it, too, is subjective. So many of those who deserve to be punished never receive their just deserts, and in the meantime, good people, decent people, are charged with the wrong crimes. It’s a flawed system – justice – a dirty, messy, imperfect system. But if the good people accept personal responsibility for exacting justice, would we not have a better chance of cleaning the entire world, of holding the liars, the cheaters, the users, and the abusers to account?”
― Nita Prose, The Maid

“You can’t judge a person by the job they do or by their station in life; you must judge a person by their actions.”
― Nita Prose, The Maid

“Cleanliness is next to godliness, my gran used to say, and I believe that’s a better tenet to live by than most.”
― Nita Prose, The Maid

Disclosure of Material: I have received a review copy of this book by the publisher in the form of e-book. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising”

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