 | | 書 名 | The maid | | 作 者 | Nita Prose | | 稽 核 項 | 285 pages ;; 24 cm | | 摘 要 註 | Molly Dunn is not like everyone else. She struggles withsocial skills and interprets people literally. A smilemeans you're happy. "Thank you" means you're grateful. HerGran used to interpret the world for her, codifying itinto simple rules that Molly could live by. Since Grandied a few months ago, twenty-five-year-old Molly has hadto navigate life's complexities all by herself. No matter--she throws herself with gusto into her work as a hotelmaid. Her unique character, along with her obsessive loveof cleaning and proper etiquette, make her an ideal fitfor the job. She delights in donning her crisply presseduniform each morning, stocking her trolley withhygienically wrapped soaps and miniature shampoo bottles,and returning guest rooms at the Regency Grand Hotel to astate of perfection. But Molly's orderly life is turnedupside down when she enters the penthouse suite of CharlesBlack, an infamous wealthy guest, only to find it in astate of disarray and Mr. Black himself very dead in hisbed. Did he die of natural causes or was he murdered? Whenthe police arrive, they question Molly and soon misreadher odd demeanour as guilt. She finds herself lost in aworld of subtext and subterfuge, until help arrives in theform of some very unusual friends--a portly hotel doorman,a shy dishwasher, and a no-nonsense lawyer. The Maid isabout what it means to be the same as everyone else andyet entirely different. A Clue-like, locked-room mysteryand a feel-good journey of the spirit, this whodunnitreveals that all mysteries can be solved throughconnection to the human heart."-- | | ISBN | 9780735241336 | | ISBN | 0735241333 |
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