Book Reviews

There’s a certain unwritten rule of any good mystery story: the butler (or the maid, in this case) always did it, or, at the very least, had something to do with it. It might seem almost like a cliché by now — and that’s mostly because it is — but there’s a reason why this trope has endured for so long in the history of the mystery genre.

As Nita Prose puts it in the very first sentences of The Maid, the job of a good maid is to be virtually invisible — and yet, perfectly conscious of her surroundings. You might think that no one knows your secrets, but some people always know the skeletons you hide in your closet.