Sometimes the best way to know a person is by asking questions, where you can learn more about what makes them tick. Let’s see what Giulia has to say.

What is your name?
– – Giulia Driscoll

How old are you?
– – Early 30s

What is your profession?
– – Private Investigator

Do you have a significant other?
– – My husband

What is his name?
– – Frank Driscoll

What is his profession?
– – Police Detective

Any children?
– – One so far–he’s 2 months old. I didn’t know I could be this tired.

Do you have any sibling(s)?
– – One brother, Salvatore. The less said about him, the better.

Cats, dogs or other pets?
– – A chameleon named Scarlett, given to me by a former client. Trust me when I say I never anticipated a giant lizard living in my house.

What town do you live in?
– – Cottonwood, PA (near Pittsburgh)

Do you rent or own?
– – Own.

House or building complex?
– – House–a little Cape Cod.

What is your favorite spot in your house?
– – The kitchen, like all Italian women.

Who is your best friend?
– – Laurel, who runs the Stage Door Soup kitchen with her wife Anya. She was my first friend when I left the convent. I didn’t have enough money to eat and pay the rent on my tiny basement apartment, so I went to her soup kitchen. When things improved for me, I went back to volunteer and we’ve been friends ever since.

Amateur sleuth or professional?
– – Professional. I got my license after three years of hard work.

Whom do you work with when sleuthing?
– – My assistant Sidney (named after her rich uncle who after all didn’t leave her parents his money when he died). She’s funny and a constant advocate for all-natural food, besides being an expert at pre-nuptial sleuthing. There’s also Zane, my admin. He’s a literal genius. Graduated from MIT and is slowly learning how to interact with humans as well as computers.

Favorite meal?
– – Sauce. Was there any doubt?

Favorite dessert?
– – Cannoli. Thus my ongoing membership at the gym.

Favorite hobby?
– – Gardening. I grow my own tomatoes, peppers, and spices, among other things.

Favorite vacation spot?
– – Any lake big enough to waterski on. Frank taught me how to waterski on our honeymoon.

Favorite color?
– – Anything NOT black. I’ve had enough black to last a lifetime. Possibly violet. I have a violet wool winter coat that only death will part me from.

Favorite author?
– – I love Georgette Heyer’s Regency romances and I don’t care if that doesn’t fit the image of a modern PI.

Favorite sports team?
– – I root for the Penguins because, well, I was one. The habit has the same look.

Movies or Broadway?
– – Movies. I love special effects. Godzilla stomping a miniature Tokyo can’t be beat.

Are you a morning or a night person?
– – Very early bird. It’s a holdover from my convent days that’s serving me well with a baby who wants to eat at 5am.

In a few sentences, what is a typical day in your life like?
– – Up at 5am to feed the baby. Then I take a lightning-quick shower and make breakfast. And coffee. Lots of coffee. You’d be impressed at my Lazy Susan filled with flavored syrups. Either Frank or I drop off the baby at Sidney’s mother’s house–she watches both our babies. Then it’s a full day of casework, interviews, and sometimes dodging bad guys. Sometimes the bad guys are ghosts. Yes, ghosts exist and THAT took some getting used to. But sometimes the good guys are ghosts. I have an interesting career.

You can read about Guilia in Nun After The Other, the fifth book in the “Giulia Driscoll” mystery series. The first book in the series is Nun Too Soon.

Nuns and murder and ghosts, oh my! Here comes Giulia Driscoll again, and boy, is she in for it this time.

It starts when a frenzied Chihuahua leads Giulia and Frank Driscoll to the body of a nun in the street near a convent. The nuns fear they’re being harassed by the biggest developer in town and quickly embrace Giulia as their savior.

Of course the former nun who exposed the drug ring run by a priest and nun will save their home and discover the murderer.

And of course not only Giulia takes this job, but also all the other jobs clamoring for her attention. The result: Driscoll Investigations is pushed to its limit.

Then Giulia’s brother falls into a coma and she brings his kids to her house. Talk about a crash course in parenting for pregnant Giulia!

Did we mention the convent ghost? She loves the house, hates the nuns, and chain-smokes. Why couldn’t Giulia’s first honest-to-goodness ghost be shy and sweet?

More important, does the ghost hate the nuns—or the developer—enough to indulge in a bit of murder to liven up the afterlife?

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About the author
Baker of brownies and tormenter of characters, Alice Loweecey recently celebrated her thirtieth year outside the convent. She grew up watching Hammer horror films and Scooby-Doo mysteries, which explains a whole lot. When she’s not creating trouble for her sleuth Giulia Driscoll or inspiring nightmares as her alter-ego Kate Morgan, she can be found growing her own vegetables (in summer) and cooking with them (the rest of the year). She’s never seen a ghost, but she’s open to the possibility.

All comments are welcomed.