The Maid | 
pickThis one pulled me in two different directions. It‘s a mystery, but it‘s also a social commentary about how many treat those who they consider “different” or “outside the norm”. Molly is a hotel maid at a glitzy hotel and LOVES her job. Her beloved Gran has recently died and left her alone in a world she sometimes has difficulty interpreting (she would be diagnosed as on the spectrum, along the lines of Asperger‘s syndrome). Most of her 🔻
robinb coworkers ignore her or treat her as if she‘s an idiot. While at work one day, she discovers the body of a VIP guest in one of her rooms. Thus begins a plot in which she is setup as the patsy by some of those she trusted. There are some twists. And while she does get her day/justice by the end and begins to learn how to discern true friendship rather than subterfuge, 🔻 7d
robinb I felt sad and mentally and emotionally exhausted through much of the book at the awful way she is treated. She is a character that I won‘t soon forget. And her Gran (even though she was deceased) shone as a beacon in Molly‘s flashbacks…such a special relationship the two shared. I‘m exhausted but did enjoy it. 4.25/5⭐️ 7d
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