Molly the Maid has a whole new mystery to solve in this heartwarming novella from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest.
Molly Gray has always loved the holidays. When Molly was a child, her gran went to great lengths to make the season merry and bright, full of cherished traditions. The first few Christmases without Gran were hard on Molly, but this year, her beloved boyfriend and fellow festive spirit, Juan Manuel, is intent on making the season Molly’s most joyful yet.
But when a Secret Santa gift exchange at the Regency Grand Hotel raises questions about who Molly can and cannot trust, she dives headfirst into solving her most consequential—and personal—mystery yet. Molly has a bad feeling about things, and she starts to wonder: has she yet again mistaken a frog for a prince?
A heartwarming, magical story about the true spirit of the season, The Mistletoe Mystery reminds us that love is the greatest mystery of all.
Molly the Maid has a whole new mystery to solve in this heartwarming novella from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest.
Molly Gray has always loved the holidays. When Molly was a child, her gran went to great lengths to make the season merry and bright, full of cherished traditions. The first few Christmases without Gran were hard on Molly, but this year, her beloved boyfriend and fellow festive spirit, Juan Manuel, is intent on making the season Molly’s most joyful yet.
But when a Secret Santa gift exchange at the Regency Grand Hotel raises questions about who Molly can and cannot trust, she dives headfirst into solving her most consequential—and personal—mystery yet. Molly has a bad feeling about things, and she starts to wonder: has she yet again mistaken a frog for a prince?
A heartwarming, magical story about the true spirit of the season, The Mistletoe Mystery reminds us that love is the greatest mystery of all.
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The cozy mystery genre experienced a notable resurgence with the publication of The Maid, a novel that has sold over two million copies worldwide and been translated into forty languages. Written by Nita Prose, the story introduces Molly Gray, a unique hotel maid whose precise observations and social misunderstandings draw her into a high-stakes murder investigation. The book became a #1 New York Times bestseller and a Good Morning America Book Club pick, earning critical acclaim and multiple awards for its locked-room mystery setup and empathetic protagonist.
Before launching her career as a novelist, Nita Prose worked for nearly two decades in Canadian book publishing under her real name, Nita Pronovost. Born in Ontario in 1972, she studied English and drama at the University of Toronto before completing a publishing program at Ryerson University. She began her literary career writing for literary magazines and working as a production editor at HarperCollins Canada, where she eventually rose to managing editor. She later served as a senior editor at Doubleday and Penguin before joining Simon & Schuster Canada in 2016. At Simon & Schuster, she served as vice president and editorial director, overseeing the editorial team and ghostwriting celebrity memoirs while guiding numerous authors to bestseller status before transitioning to full-time fiction writing following the massive success of her 2022 debut novel.
Nita Prose specializes in traditional mystery structures infused with strong character-driven warmth, intricate plotting, and classic locked-room dynamics. Her writing highlights themes of visibility, neurodiversity, personal dignity, and the unseen labor of service workers who keep hospitality spaces running. By constructing puzzles around an endearing protagonist whose literal-mindedness and meticulous eye for detail reveal clues others overlook, Prose balances dark crime elements with heartwarming social connections and holiday charm.
2 books in catalog
The cozy mystery genre experienced a notable resurgence with the publication of The Maid, a novel that has sold over two million copies worldwide and been translated into forty languages. Written by Nita Prose, the story introduces Molly Gray, a unique hotel maid whose precise observations and social misunderstandings draw her into a high-stakes murder investigation. The book became a #1 New York Times bestseller and a Good Morning America Book Club pick, earning critical acclaim and multiple awards for its locked-room mystery setup and empathetic protagonist.
Before launching her career as a novelist, Nita Prose worked for nearly two decades in Canadian book publishing under her real name, Nita Pronovost. Born in Ontario in 1972, she studied English and drama at the University of Toronto before completing a publishing program at Ryerson University. She began her literary career writing for literary magazines and working as a production editor at HarperCollins Canada, where she eventually rose to managing editor. She later served as a senior editor at Doubleday and Penguin before joining Simon & Schuster Canada in 2016. At Simon & Schuster, she served as vice president and editorial director, overseeing the editorial team and ghostwriting celebrity memoirs while guiding numerous authors to bestseller status before transitioning to full-time fiction writing following the massive success of her 2022 debut novel.
Nita Prose specializes in traditional mystery structures infused with strong character-driven warmth, intricate plotting, and classic locked-room dynamics. Her writing highlights themes of visibility, neurodiversity, personal dignity, and the unseen labor of service workers who keep hospitality spaces running. By constructing puzzles around an endearing protagonist whose literal-mindedness and meticulous eye for detail reveal clues others overlook, Prose balances dark crime elements with heartwarming social connections and holiday charm.
Molly the Maid
Molly the Maid
