‘The Maid’ Review: Molly Is Not Your Average Maid in This Whodunit Tale

Nita Prose’s murder mystery has the maid as a prime suspect

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‘The Maid’ adds to a growing body of literary works that have characters on the spectrum, which is good because there seems to be little else that this novel contributes. And yet mystery novel lovers seem to want to read it enough to make it the number one on The New York Times best-sellers’ list and with an upcoming screen adaptation as well.

Molly Gray is a twenty-five-year-old woman who is neurodivergent and finds dealing with social cues difficult. She works as a hotel maid at the Regency Grand Hotel and loves keeping it impeccably clean just as she keeps her own apartment spotless, one she shared with her Gran before her recent death due to cancer. Since her grandmother's passing Molly has been struggling emotionally and financially but that does not prevent her from being a model employee.

Molly’s uneventful life is turned upside down when she finds Mr. Black dead in his hotel suite. Well-known as a very wealthy and successful businessman, his death is eventually ruled a homicide and through a turn of events Molly ends up at the center of the investigation as a person of interest.