In a sequel to the hit bestseller, The Maid, return to the five-star Regency Grand Hotel where Molly Gray is now the Head Maid. When famous author J. D. Grimthorpe drops dead in the hotel's tea room as he's about to admit to a long-held secret, the entire staff are suspects in his murder. Yet, Molly has her own secret. As a child, Molly worked with her grandmother cleaning Grimthorpe's mansion. Can Molly solve the mystery and save the hotel's reputation?

I adored Nita Prose's cozy mystery, The Maid, but was disappointed in the unoriginality of its sequel. The Mystery Guest was just plain boring. Constantly switching between the past and the present slowed down the current mystery to a crawl and didn't add as much development as I'd have liked. This time around, Molly's aphorisms seemed pithy and overused instead of cute and refreshing. Unless you are dying to know more about Molly, I'd skip this contrived repetitive mystery.