The Trouble With Going Home [Mass Market Paperback]

Camilla T. Crespi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1996

Simona Griffo expects chaos as usual from he eccentric family during he visit to native rome, but when she witnesses the murder of an american art student, her trip is off to an ominous start. And when the murder weapon turns out to belong to a friend, everyone-- including Simona's philandering ex-husband and her own mother-- are placed under the commissario's gimlet gaze. While plates of incomparable risotto con carciofi and focaccia soothe shattered nerves, Simona takes to the seven hills, tracking clues that range from a lost da Vinci drawing to drugs and blackmail. The trouble with going home, Simona discovers, is that you can get into a lot of trouble.

A delectable new Simona Griffo recipe is included!

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Family problems lure Greenwich Village-based Roman expatriate Simona Griffo, last seen in The Trouble with Thin Ice, back to Rome, when her mother, Olga, leaves her husband to stay with a friend, art teacher Mirella Monti. Olga remains resolutely quiet about her motives, but when Tamar Deaton, one of Mirella's American students, is fatally stabbed while being robbed, she declares, "I want to get to the bottom of this killing." Simona, devoted to both her mother and Mirella, probes the affairs of Tamar and those of a prince in whose archives the victim had recently made a startling find. Her curiosity is also stirred by both Mirella's American suitor, who bankrolls the art school, and the latest doings of her own ex-husband, who, it seems, is acquainted with Rome's entire female population, including, of course, Tamar. Simona's deductive abilities and some long-distance digging by her lover, Stan Greenhouse of the NYPD. rescue the tale from being entirely family-centered and emotion-driven. Crespi uses personal attachments of varying intensity to bind together the elements of her story, the latest entry in a singular series, but gives us fewer than expected reasons to care about many of the characters here.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Publisher

The fifth book in this popular series that debuted in hardcover with The Trouble with Thin Ice brings amateur sleuth Simona Griffo back to her native Rome in an atmospheric and cleverly plotted mystery. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Harpercollins (Mm) (April 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061091537
• ISBN-13: 978-0061091537
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,076,993 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Roman Adventure, October 15, 2000

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Margaret Secor (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Trouble With Going Home (Mass Market Paperback)

Simona Griffo is an Italian woman who left her native Rome to get over her failed marriage. She returns to Rome when she hears that her mother is no longer living with her father. While she tries to sort out her relationships with her family and ex-husband, she becomes embroiled in a murder mystery that takes her all over Rome.

This book is both poignant and funny! I hope it is reprinted soon!