book about a nun that solves mysteries. [s]

[Alisha]

I read this book about a year ago (spring of 2010). I am pretty sure this is a series of books, but I have only read the one and then forget the name of the book and author. I am pretty sure that the name of the book has the word beach in it.
Ok here is the story:
There is a girl whose dad is some sort of secret agent and he left her in the care of a nun. The girl goes to a friends house and they put on a lot of make-up, So that on the way home a guy mistakes her for a prostitute and tries to kill her. The girl ends up killing the guy. The nun she is living with is hired to solve the murder by the dead guys friends or maybe company. She does not realize till the end that it was the girl who did it.

[Daffodil]

Here's a list of mysteries involving nuns. I'm listing the author's name and the first (or only) book in a series. You might investigate each one and see if you can find it.

Veronica Black Vow of Silence
Margaret Frazer The Novice's Tale
Kate Gallison Bury the Bishop
Anthony Boucher Nine Times Nine
Allison Joseph Sacred Hearts: A Mystery Introducing Sister Agnes
Gladys Mitchell Convent on Styx
Sharan Newman Death Comes As Epiphany
Sister Carol Anne O'Marie Novena for Murder
Monica Quill Not a Blessed Thing: A Sister Mary Teresa Mystery
Winona Sullivan Death's a Beach
Dorothy Gilman A Nun in the Closet
Antonia Fraser Quiet As a Nun
Peter Tremayne Absolution by Murder
Aimee Thurlo Bad Faith
Lee Harris The Passover Murder

[Kris]

It is definitely NOT A Nun in the Closet or Quiet as a Nun, I've read both of them and they don't match the description given above. Margaret Frazier's mystery solving nun, Sister Frevisse, lived in 10th or 11th century Ireland so if it's a contemporary tale I wouldn't look there.

Might it have been one of the Father Dowling Series? He had a nun as a sidekick.

[Alisha]

It was set very modern day. The guy that was murdered was trying to kill all the prostitutes he could find because he had just been told that he had HIV and he was sure it was a prostitute that gave it to him.

I am going through the list that Daffodil posted and will let you know if any of those seem to be the right one.

[Alisha]

It was this one- Winona Sullivan Death's a Beach

Thank you very much.

[Ankhorite]

Kris wrote: " Margaret Frazier's mystery solving nun, Sister Frevisse, lived in 10th or 11th century Ireland..."

No, Sister Frevisse is in 14th-century England.

Peter Tremayne's nun-sleuth lives in Ireland. :)

Alisha, thanks for letting us know that the title you wanted is Death's a Beach.

[Kris]

Ahh! Blast, mixed them up again!

And I have a Sister Frevisse in my to read pile!

[Ankhorite]

Kris wrote: "Ahh! Blast, mixed them up again!

And I have a Sister Frevisse in my to read pile!"

Lucky you! According to Frazier, there will be no more Frevisse novels, though she has a number of short stories or novellas about Frevisse for sale at Amazon, Kindle-only. I don't have a Kindle. :(