The Regency Grand Hotel

The Regency Grand Hotel is the main setting for the novel's present-day chapters. A fictional hotel, the Regency Grand is a five-star boutique hotel situated in an unspecified anglophone city, perhaps Toronto or London. At 29, Molly Gray is Head Maid at the hotel, which is managed by Mr. Snow. Molly takes pride in her work and appreciates the hotel's air of sophistication and elegance, which she and her maids maintain by polishing the hotel's marble, wood, and glass to gleaming perfection. On the ground floor, the hotel features the casual dining Social Bar & Grill, managed by Angela, and the Grand Tearoom, an Art Deco tearoom and event space. Molly and her maids are often cleaning rooms on the second floor, which suggests that the building is low-rise. Following Grimthorpe's death in the Grand Tearoom, the hotel becomes a hotbed of media attention and undercover police...