Regina's Reviews > The Maid

Now available! (Oh, and my crystal ball was correct. The Maid was just announced as the January pick for Good Morning America's GMA Book Club.)

The prevailing thought I had while immersed in The Maid is that this is the book people who didn’t like Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine wanted to read. If Eleanor’s corners were just a little too sharp, The Maid’s make for a nice, squishy alternative.

Like Eleanor, the titular maid, Molly Gray, is socially awkward in an eccentric, unlabeled way and leads a pretty solitary existence. Her dear Gran has just died, but she carries on with her dedication to her job as a fancy hotel housekeeper. She delights in returning each guest room to its previous state of perfection!

Then one day, wouldn’t you know it, she finds a dead body in one of the suites. Before you can say feather duster five times fast, Molly gets caught up in the police investigation as a witness and potential suspect. Cozy, upbeat mystery ensues!

The Maid is really a delightful read, and I don’t have a negative thing to say about it. I don’t think I loved it quite as much as many of my trusted reviewer pals, but I’m sure I’ll be recommending it to people at least as often as I have my recently-acquired Bissell CrossWave All-in-One Multi-Surface Wet Dry Vac.

While I’d like to thank the author and Ballantine Books for providing an advance copy of The Maid to review via NetGalley, I would NOT like to thank Bissell seeing as how I had to shell out some big-ass cash for that kick-ass vac myself.

Oh, and the expected US publication date of The Maid is January 4, 2022. I’m going to go out on a limb and predict that this early-month timing is set to coincide with the announcement of the novel as a celebrity book club pick. What say you, crystal ball?

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