Second To Nun (A Giulia Driscoll Mystery) (Volume 2)
By: Alice Loweecey
Rating: 5 of 5
I really enjoyed this book. It was not a murder mystery, which is what I am used to, but instead a book in which Driscoll investigations (and most notably, Giulia) is asked to discover the ghost that is haunting a local bed and breakfast and to get it to depart.
Giulia and crew are very skeptical about the request but as it comes with a promised big paycheck, they take it on. Giulia and her husband, Frank, stay at the B&B posing as guests on a get-away vacation. Right from the start, bizarre things begin to happen. There are psychics involved, ghostly occurrences, and event attempted murders while Giulia is investigating and putting together her answer regarding the haunting.
I found the book very well written. It was funny and the characters were very likable. I am not Catholic but I could sympathize with the quandaries Giulia (a former nun) found herself in as she lied her way through the investigation. The author has a real knack for setting up funny situations and then working them for the best laughs. I read the book in a single afternoon and enjoyed every moment of it.
“Second to Nun” is the second book in the Giulia Driscoll mystery series. There also seems to be a short novella in this series, too, as well as perhaps three books in a series that precedes this one which includes Giulia and her now-husband, then-boss Frank. This is the first book I have read by Alice Loweecey and I can attest that you can read this book as a stand-alone novel without any issues. I realized that I wanted to read the prior book in the series and glossed over any verbiage that might have been considered a “spoiler” for that book. I may go back and read the original three books, too. I find it interesting that the author and Henery Press have not re-released those books under their imprint.
I received a digital ARC copy of this book from the publisher, Henery Press, via Netgalley.
