Julia is an author, former clothing designer and retail diva, avid traveler, lover of books, foreign languages and foreign places.
Travel
It's what makes the world a more tolerant place. If travel isn't on the horizon, we still have books! Travel guides, cookbooks and ... mysteries!
Welcome to my world.
Life in an RV park can be murder ...
It's Murder in the Desert: Book One A 'Class A' Murder
A retired teacher living in a Palm Springs RV park swims into a body floating face-down in the pool and discovers that the work of finding the killer has fallen to her.
Meet Fran Manning, retiree, busybody, dog lover, swimmer, amateur sleuth.
Welcome to the Roadrunner Over-55 RV Park of Palm Springs, C
Fran Manning spends the Winter months at the Roadrunner with her husband Jake, and chihuahua-mix Poco.
Usually, the hardest part of the day is deciding what to order for Happy Hour.
Until Lurleen Connor, the Roadrunner's most disliked resident, turns up dead in the swimming pool.
The Balinese Detective Series
Coming soon: Book 1, The Monkey Forest Murders.
- Monkeys, Murders and Motorbikes, with a healthy dose of yoga.
Nyoman Rai returns to his native Bali intent on becoming a private investigator, but when a business contact is found brutally murdered in Ubud's famous Monkey Forest he finds that he himself is a suspect.
Tall, quirky Alice Wijaya shows up on his doorstep offering to help him with his cases. She's headstrong and impulsive, where he's careful and meticulous.
A PI agency is born, but can Alice and Nyoman learn to trust each other's skills? Thank goodness they are adopted by a dog with a good head on his shoulders and the determination not to let them fail.
The Balinese Detective series continues ...
Book 2, Marlowe and Associates.
When an English expat disappears off the Bali to Lombok ferry, her grieving widower asks Nyoman to investigate. What is it about his client that seems so untrustworthy? Why is everyone so wary when talking about him? And most of all, where's the body?
Work History: Assistant Dining Room Manager, Royal Tsarina MV, Leviathan Cruise Line
Manager, Forbes Dental Laboratory, Seattle
Marital Status: Divorced, one daughter, Olivia
Current Address: Monkey Forest Road, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Personality: Careful to a fault. Passionate about justice.
Who is Nyoman Rai?
Name: Nyoman Rai
D.o.b.: April 12 1970
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 158 pounds
Education: Ubud High School, Ubud, Bali
Udayana University, Denasar, Bali
Marlowe aka The Brindle Dog
Born on Kuta Beach, Bali, second in litter of six.
Learned early on to scavenge successfully and get along with others.
Sleeps under market table on nearby street.
Eats: anything
Ambition: to be adopted by a human with lots of food.
Work History
Software Development Specialist, FaceToFace, San Jose, California.
Yoga Teacher, Ahimsa Yoga Studio, Ubud, Bali.
Meet Alice Wijaya
- D o B : April 07 1991
- Place of Birth: Ubud, Bali
- Height: 6'
- Weight: 135 pounds
- Education: High Schools in Winnipeg, Vancouver, Edmonton and Saskatoon.
- University of Toronto
Personality
Alice is very smart. She had a great job in San Jose, but she always felt like a fish out of water. She's half-Canadian and half-Indonesian although she couldn't tell you which is which. "Well my height is probably the most visible part of my Canadian ancestry," she tells people.
She's what you might call headstrong with a tendency to jump off the dock before asking how deep the water is.