3.5⭐
Genre ~ psychological fiction
Setting ~ Ireland (I think)
Publication date ~ August 23, 2024
Publisher ~ Dreamscape Select, Storm Publishing
Est Page Count ~ 266 (36 chapters)
Audio length ~ 8 hours 40 minutes
Narrator ~ Jacqueline Milne
POV ~ multiple 3rd
Featuring ~ murder, self harm, child abuse, child neglect, mental abuse
My review:
June is our hotel maid who discovers a dead body. We follow her time working at the hotel and at home where she lives with an 80 year old woman named Tess.
Mia is a 10 year girl that is abused physically and mentally. She’s basically a slave for the family doing all the cooking and cleaning. She’s told she mentally handicapped over and over again, but the author uses the R word and I am not a fan when that word is used.
Overall, the main twist is not particularly surprising and the journey there is full of difficult subject matter and unlikable characters. I did enjoy it as much as one can with those hard to read parts. I’ll for sure read Michelle’s next book.
Narration notes:
She did a fine job, but I could have gone for a younger sounding tone for Mia’s parts.
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I’d love to hear your thoughts if you’ve read it.
Book blurb:
I straighten the apron wrapped around my waist and swipe the key card in the guest room door. As I place the cleaning bucket by my feet, I see the woman lying unmoving on the plush carpet, her eyes frozen.
Each morning, I arrive at the luxury Cedarwood Manor hotel, put on my crisp maid’s uniform and clean the rooms. I take great care in my work as I slip from one floor to the other.
Most guests barely know my name. I’m invisible to them. That’s ok. I prefer people didn’t know my secrets.
But today a woman has been found dead in her room and a ten-year-old little girl has been reported missing from the hotel.
Today, someone has left me a note saying they know who I am.
But they must be mistaken. I’ll make sure they are.
A tense ‘just one more page’ emotional rollercoaster of a read that will have you racing to the twisty end. Readers of The Woman in the Window, The Girl on the Train and Gone Girl will be absolutely gripped by The Hotel Maid.
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