Nun But The Brave * Alice Loweecey * Giulia Driscoll #3

When an eccentric convent’s high-stakes fundraising drive is rocked by a bizarre blackmail scheme and a brutal homicide, a sharp-witted ex-nun turned private eye must slip past cloister walls to trap a highly calculated killer.

The Story: Written by prominent cozy mystery author Alice Loweecey, this fast-paced, humor-laced third installment in the Giulia Driscoll series turns a quiet religious sanctuary into a volatile investigative workspace. Giulia Driscoll has left her formal routine as a Catholic sister behind to operate her own private investigation agency, navigating a modern sandbox of corporate stakeouts and marital surveillance tracking lines. Her predictable parameters permanently fracture when she is secretly summoned back to the convent by her former Mother Superior. The nun drops her defensive shield to reveal that a anonymous blackmailer is threatening to expose a devastating family scandal unless the abbey surrenders its multi-million dollar capital fundraising ledger.Giulia immediately deploys her advanced investigative diagnostic toolkit, going undercover inside her old home to map out the suspect pool. Her secure sanctuary turns highly volatile when a prominent church official is discovered brutally executed right on the monastery grounds. As institutional authorities attempt to drop an administrative shield of silence over the crime to protect public donation metrics, Giulia launches a synchronized counter-campaign. Moving step-by-step through a dark ledger of greed, hidden identities, and historical rivalries, she faces a strict deadline to pierce the cloister's secrets and trap a ruthless predator before her own timeline reaches a permanent conclusion.

Perfect For: Enthusiasts of traditional, fair-play cozy puzzle mysteries, fans of humorous detective pairings with unique lead backgrounds, and readers who cherish the witty amateur sleuth energy of authors like Mary Daheim, Kensington Books authors, or M.C. Beaton.