An Evening with Nita Prose
Wednesday Apr 30 2025 7:00 pm, Winnipeg, Grant Park in the Atrium
Join us for a very special evening of conversation with beloved bestselling author Nita Prose as she visits Winnipeg in support of her new book, The Maid's Secret (Viking). Featuring a conversation hosted by Rachel Lagacé of CTV Morning Live. A book signing will follow.
This event will NOT be livestreamed, so please join us in the Atrium of McNally Robinson Booksellers, Grant Park if you wish to participate.
When a daring art heist takes place at the Regency Grand, the life of Head Maid and recently promoted Special Events Manager Molly Grayis about to change. The question is who’s out to get her, and why? A spirited heist caper and an epic love story, The Maid’s Secret is a spellbinding whodunnit that will capture and warm your heart.
Nita Prose is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid, which has sold more than two million copies worldwide, The Mystery Guest and The Mistletoe Mystery. A Good Morning America Book Club pick, The Maid won the Ned Kelly Award for International Crime Fiction, the Fingerprint Award for Debut Novel of the Year, the Anthony Award for Best First Novel, and the Barry award for Best First Mystery. The Maid was also an Edgar Award Finalist for Best Novel. Follow her @NitaProse or visit her online.
Host Rachel Lagacé is the host of the CTV Morning Live show in Winnipeg. This is a role Rachel has been doing for almost three years. She sets her alarm clock for 2:08 am to get ready and get to work for her 4am shift. It might sound crazy, but she loves getting a heads start on her day and being the first to tell people what’s going on around the world. Before the morning show, Rachel reported on breaking news and community events for CTV News at 6 and before that, for PGTV in Prince George, BC. She’s been a journalist for more than 23 years and calls herself a news junkie! She grew up in the community of La Salle just outside of Winnipeg in a francophone family and spoke French before English. Rachel wanted to be a journalist since the age of 9 and loves telling the stories of people and events in her community. She's married with a son named Maxim and a daughter Zoé and is a proud francophone instilling her love of the language in her children. Rachel is an avid reader and enjoys a good book on a beach anywhere.
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The Maid's Secret
- Nita Prose 
Trade paperback
$26.95
Reader Reward Price: $24.26
THE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER!
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest
A wedding. A heist. A secret.
Molly Gray's life is about to change in ways she could never have imagined. She is now the esteemed Head Maid & Special Events Manager of the Regency Grand Hotel, and two good things are just around the corner--a taping of the hit antiquities TV show Hidden Treasures and, even more exciting, her wedding to Juan Manuel.
When Molly brings in some old trinkets to be appraised on the show, one item is revealed to be a rare and coveted artifact worth millions. Molly becomes a rags-to-riches sensation, and a media frenzy swirls as she prepares to sell her priceless treasure. Then, on auction day, the treasure suddenly vanishes, and Molly and her friends find themselves at the center of the boldest art heist in recent memory.
But the key to this mystery lies in the past, in a long-forgotten diary written by Molly's Gran. For the first time ever, Molly learns about her grandmother's secrets: how she was born into a wealthy family and fell head-over-heels in love with a young man her parents deemed below her. As fate would have it, Gran's greatest love was someone Molly knows quite well...
A spirited heist caper and an epic love story, The Maid's Secret is a spell-binding whodunnit that will capture your heart.
The Maid
- Nita Prose
Trade paperback
$24.95
Reader Reward Price: $22.46
OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE o *WINNER OF THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL CRIME FICTION* o *SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDGAR ALLAN POE BEST NOVEL AWARD* o SHORTLISTED FOR THE KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE o INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER o #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER o GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK o CITYLINE BOOK CLUB PICK o "A twist-and-turn whodunit, set in a five-star hotel, from the perspective of the maid who finds the body. Think Clue. Think page-turner."--Glamour
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE o ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022--Glamour, W magazine, PopSugar, The Rumpus, Book Riot, CrimeReads, She Reads, Daily Hive, The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, Stylist, Canadian Living
"Excellent and totally entertaining . . . the most interesting (and endearing) main character in a long time." --Stephen King
"An endearing debut. . . . The reader comes to understand Molly's worldview, and to sympathize with her longing to be accepted--a quest that gives The Maid real emotional heft." --The New York Times
"The Maid is a masterful, charming mystery that will touch your heart in ways you could never expect. . . . This is the smart, quirky, uplifting read we need." --Ashley Audrain, #1 bestselling author of The Push
A dead body is one mess she can't clean up on her own.
Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others. Her gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into simple rules that Molly could live by.
Since Gran died a few months ago, twenty-five-year-old Molly has been navigating life's complexities all by herself. No matter--she throws herself with gusto into her work as a hotel maid. Her unique character, along with her obsessive love of cleaning and proper etiquette, make her an ideal fit for the job. She delights in donning her crisp uniform each morning, stocking her cart with miniature soaps and bottles, and returning guest rooms at the Regency Grand Hotel to a state of perfection.
But Molly's orderly life is upended the day she enters the suite of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black, only to find it in a state of disarray and Mr. Black himself dead in his bed. Before she knows what's happening, Molly's unusual demeanour has the police targeting her as their lead suspect. She quickly finds herself caught in a web of deception, one she has no idea how to untangle. Fortunately for Molly, friends she never knew she had unite with her in a search for clues to what really happened to Mr. Black. But will they be able to find the real killer before it's too late?
Both a Clue-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, The Maid explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different--and reveals that all mysteries can be solved through connection to the human heart.
The Mystery Guest
- Nita Prose
Trade paperback
$24.95
Reader Reward Price: $22.46
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE
WINNER OF THE CRIME WRITERS OF CANADA WHODUNIT AWARD FOR BEST TRADITIONAL MYSTERY
"Prepare to be swept away again into the wonderfully endearing and unforgettable world of Molly. . . . Nita Prose writes like no other--I loved this even more than her utterly delightful debut." --Ashley Audrain, bestselling author of The Push and The Whispers
"Polished to perfection!" --Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author of Everyone Here Is Lying
A new mess. A new mystery. It's up to Molly the maid to uncover the truth, no matter how dirty, in this standalone novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid, a Good Morning America Book Club pick.
Molly Gray is not like anyone else. With her flair for cleaning and proper etiquette, she has risen through the ranks of the glorious five-star Regency Grand Hotel to become the esteemed Head Maid. But just as her life reaches a pinnacle state of perfection, her world is turned upside down when J.D. Grimthorpe, the world-renowned mystery author, drops dead--very dead--on the hotel's tea room floor.
When Detective Stark, Molly's old foe, investigates the author's unexpected demise, it becomes clear that this death was murder most foul. Suspects abound, and everyone wants to know: Who killed J.D. Grimthorpe? Was it Lily, the new Maid-in-Training? Or was it Serena, the author's secretary? Could Mr. Preston, the hotel's beloved doorman, be hiding something? And is Molly really as innocent as she seems?
As the case threatens the hotel's pristine reputation, Molly knows that she alone holds the key to unlocking the killer's identity. But that key is buried deep in her past--because long ago, she knew J.D. Grimthorpe. Molly must comb her memory for clues, and revisit her childhood and the mysterious Grimthorpe mansion where her dearly departed Gran once worked. With Molly and her colleagues under investigation, she knows she must solve the mystery post-haste. And if there's one thing she knows for sure, it's that dirty secrets don't stay buried forever...
