Nita Prose

About Nita Prose

Nita Pronovost, better known by her pen name Nita Prose, is a Canadian author and book editor. She is best known for her 2022 novel The Maid, which won an Anthony Award (2023), Barry Award (2023), Goodreads Choice Award (2022), Macavity Award (2023), and Ned Kelly Award (2022).

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Upcoming Titles

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  Emerald Lake March 30, 2027

  For most of her life, Jane Weber has kept the secrets of one devastating summer submerged in the brooding waters of Emerald Lake. Now, at eighty-four and in failing health, all Jane wants is to live out her days in peace at her lakeside cottage—the place where she first fell in love and where she suffered a loss so profound she wishes she could forget it. But when her young granddaughters stumble upon human remains by the lake, the discovery sends shock waves through Jane’s entire community, reopening a mystery everyone thought had been laid to rest long ago.

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  Emerald Lake Hb April 22, 2027

  With the lush atmosphere and timeless appeal of Where the Crawdads Sing, and the suspense of Broken Country, EMERALD LAKE tells the story of one halcyon summer that ends in tragedy, and the impact for one woman into the present day. One summer, one family, and one mystery that ripples through generations... I turn over stones in my mind, the memories spooking like crayfish. How is it that this has come back to us now, decades later, dredged from the deep, a dark remnant of the summer that began with such golden promise?

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  Emerald Lake Exaiie PB April 22, 2027

  With the lush atmosphere and timeless appeal of Where the Crawdads Sing, and the suspense of Broken Country, EMERALD LAKE tells the story of one halcyon summer that ends in tragedy, and the impact for one woman into the present day. One summer, one family, and one mystery that ripples through generations... I turn over stones in my mind, the memories spooking like crayfish. How is it that this has come back to us now, decades later, dredged from the deep, a dark remnant of the summer that began with such golden promise?

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Earlier Books

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  The Maid's Secret April 8, 2025

  NATIONAL BESTSELLER • AN ELLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A daring art heist on the eve of Molly’s wedding reveals long-buried secrets in this intriguing and heartwarming novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest. ”A big-hearted examination of wealth and social class.”—Oprah Daily ”A glorious read . . . intrigue, heart, and humanity in spades.”—Lucy Foley Molly Gray’s life is about to change in ways she could never have imagined.

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  The Mistletoe Mystery October 1, 2024

  Molly Gray has always loved the holidays. When Molly was a child, her gran went to great lengths to make the season merry and bright, full of cherished traditions. The first few Christmases without Gran were hard on Molly, but this year, her beloved boyfriend and fellow festive spirit, Juan Manuel, is intent on making the season Molly’s mofinst joyful yet. But when a Secret Santa gift exchange at the Regency Grand Hotel raises questions about who Molly can and cannot trust, she dives headfirst into solving her most consequential—and personal—mystery yet.

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  The Mystery Guest November 28, 2023

  NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: PopSugar, Harper’s Bazaar, Chicago Public Library, CrimeReads, Bookreporter 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 tearoom floor.

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  The Maid January 4, 2022 View on Amazon: The Maid

More New Books Coming Up

• 7th Time Loop by Touko Amekawa · Mar 30, 2027
• All Together Now by Julie Buxbaum · Mar 30, 2027
• All's Spell That Ends Spell (Standard Edition) by J. Penner · Mar 30, 2027
• Cold Comfort by Sandra Brown · Mar 30, 2027
• My Husband's Family by Kristina Kamen · Mar 30, 2027
• Ruthless Prey by John Sandford · Mar 30, 2027
• Shadow Zone by Daniel Suarez · Mar 30, 2027
• Shadowed Souls by Jaymin Eve · Mar 30, 2027
• The Last Prince of Hell by Cassandra Clare · Apr 1, 2027
• The Queen's List by Jade Presley · Apr 1, 2027

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