Holy Fitz

by Debra Gaskill

A fake priest, a tempting FBI agent and a pro bono case could spell disaster for Rust Belt private investigator Niccolo Fitzhugh. The women in the life of private investigator Niccolo Fitzhugh aren't making things easy for him at all. His mother has told Father O'Malley, the priest at St. Rita, he would investigate-for free-the case of Aileen O'Connor, who lost $50,000 to con man Benedict St. Giles and who believes she's part of a rebirth of the Catholic Church. Then Fitz's beloved wife Gracie leaves him for two weeks to fend for himself to take a group of students to Vienna, -and Father O'Malley ends up dead. The case brings another problem-FBI Special Agent Fiona Rafferty who has been on St. Giles' tail since another priest was found dead. Even worse: the history she has with Fitz since she was a new police officer in Fawcettville, could explode in ways that put his life -and his marriage-in danger. Can Fitz resist the temptation that Rafferty poses? And can he rescue O'Connor before the worst happens?

177 pages, Paperback

Published January 10, 2016

About the author

Debra Gaskill is the former managing editor of the Washington Court House (Ohio) Record Herald, which earned two Associated Press General Excellence awards during her tenure. She was an award-winning journalist for 20 years, writing for a number of Ohio newspapers covering the cops and courts beat, and the Associated Press, covering any stories thrown her way.

Gaskill brings her knowledge of newspapers to her Jubilant Falls series. The mysteries 'Barn Burner' (2009), 'The Major's Wife' (2010), 'Lethal Little Lies' (2013), 'Murder on the Lunatic Fringe' (2014) and 'Death of A High Maintenance Blonde' (2014) all center around crimes committed in the fictional small town Jubilant Falls, Ohio, and often center around the damage family secrets can do. 'The Major's Wife' received honorable mention in the 2011 Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards and 'Barn Burner' was a finalist for the Silver Falchion Award at Killer Nashville..

Her private detective, Niccolo Fitzhugh, is a retired cop who's wandering eye cost him his police career. The series, which includes 'Call Fitz,' 'Holy Fitz,' and 'Love Fitz' brings her cops and courts experience together in a mystery that "creates complex characters and places them in real settings" according to customer reviews on Amazon.com.

Gaskill has an associates degree in liberal arts from Thomas Nelson Community College in Hampton, Va., a bachelor's degree in English and journalism from Wittenberg University and a master of fine arts in creative writing from Antioch University, Yellow Springs.

She and her husband Greg, a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, have two children and two grandchildren. They raise llamas and alpacas on their farm in Enon, Ohio.

Reviews

[Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

A investigators story about his work and one particular case his mom brought to him. This older woman gave this con man $50,000 to build a abby. The woman moved there and was "a nun". With some investigating Fitz found out he was a fraud, this man was conning older woman out of their life saving pretending to be a godly man all the while. Earlier in Fitz life he was well sort of a - well lets just say he liked women. While this investigation was going strong one of Fitz old flames - a cop a FBI and so on she was,comes to town to help him with his case. Is not what it seemed to him later on but it all soon was explained . They get the job done but it wasnt the end results he wanted.