I purchased this e book as a result of I adored the primary in the “Maid” collection by Nita Prose a lot. The Thriller Visitor begins a couple of years after The Maid ended; and when you beloved studying about Molly’s adventures then, you’ll recognize her character growth much more on this newest bestseller. This e book is an added delight to readers as a result of it options the homicide of a thriller author, with good-natured pokes of enjoyable on the rabid thriller followers that devour his books. These books proceed to be unbelievable bestsellers for this editor-turned creator, and the detailed plotting mixed with a memorable protagonist and detective are a profitable components.
Plot Abstract
Molly continues to be residing in her deceased grandmother’s condo, however she is joined there by her boyfriend Juan Manuel, they usually stay a quiet and completely satisfied existence collectively. They each work on the Regency Grand Resort the place Molly is now Head Maid, a title she wears proudly, and takes extremely severely. She nonetheless struggles to grasp emotional and cultural cues, however she’s getting higher at studying faces and displaying extra sensitivity, which Juan helps her with. Everybody within the resort is happy for the particular occasion with bestselling and world-famous creator J.D. Grimthorpe, who has chosen the Regency to make a uncommon look. Mere moments earlier than he’s about to disclose his massive replace, he drops useless from poisoning. Molly and the opposite maids are as soon as once more prime suspects for his homicide as the identical detective who investigated the opposite homicide on the Regency from the earlier e book is on the case. As Molly tries to clear her title, the novel switches forwards and backwards from current day to Molly’s previous, revealing her household’s connection to the now useless creator/millionaire with secrets and techniques. By these flashbacks, we additionally be taught extra about Molly’s estranged mom, and the rationale she turns into a maid like her grandmother.
My Ideas
Molly is simply unusual sufficient to endear her to readers, however retains sufficient hidden to stay fascinating, and considerably mysterious herself. Grimthorpe’s look excites Molly as a result of it prompted the employees to resurrect a previously-closed down room of the resort to host this particular occasion, and she or he loves nothing greater than the Regency Grand shining for the general public. However we shortly be taught by way of her inside ideas that Molly has a historical past with this man, one he doesn’t bear in mind, however she actually does. Though the e book is written from her first-person perspective, she doesn’t reveal all straight away, retaining the suspense of her personal life going whereas on the similar time changing into aware of insider info that helps her clear up the crime of Grimthorpe’s demise.
Molly’s biting observational humour has additionally returned from the primary e book, certainly one of my favorite cases being her description of the marginally unhinged group of followers that observe Grimthorpe round:
‘”We’re not only a fan membership. We’re aficionados of thriller,’ a distinct, fairly buxom-gray-haired girl says as she factors to the #1 FAN button fixed to her lumpy brown sweater. The sweater is both made completely of cat hair or so lined in it that the fabric beneath is basically invisible.”
-p 63 of The Thriller Visitor by Nita Prose
Is the above an outline of the longer term me? Very seemingly! However for now, I solely resemble this girl due to my constantly-covered-in-cat-hair garments, and a need to learn thriller books on a regular basis. I believe many thriller lovers will chortle out loud when studying this half, as we are able to acknowledge a little bit of ourselves in all of the totally different followers of Grimthorpe that make up this vibrant forged of characters.
The pacing of the plot is ideal; I by no means as soon as felt aggravated that we had been leaping forwards and backwards by way of time, and the eventual reveal was cheap, and plausible. I wouldn’t say it was technically ‘truthful play’, as I don’t assume it was doable to provide you with the answer with out Molly’s prior information of the resort and all its ins and outs. Nevertheless small hints and clues had been dropped all through, so maybe the die-hard thriller followers on the market would have figured it out. Prose has as soon as once more dazzled us with a enjoyable and clever work of suspense, and I can’t wait to learn the third!
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