The Trouble with a Hot Summer, A Simona Griffo Mystery [Paperback]

Camilla T. Crespi (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (1997)
• ASIN: B000OA5I1M
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars She is back and better than ever, June 13, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The Trouble With a Hot Summer: A Simona Griffo Mystery (Simona Griffo Mysteries) (Hardcover)

Advertising executive and amateur sleuth Simona Griffo, her live-in
lover Stan, and his son Willie leave the city for a vacation at the Pyne's
Cottage on Long Island. When her two guys leave to go camping in New
Hampshire, Simona decides to stay on the island a little longer. A new
friend Bud Warren wants Simona to prove that his ex-spouse was murdered
instead of committing suicide. Simona, along with her partner, illegal
Russian immigrant Dimitri start their investigation only to have their
client disappear.
...... At first, it is believed that Bud has purposely vanished because he
knew that he was about to be accused of killing his former wife. However,
that theory proves false when Bud's corpse is found floating in the lake.
The authorities rule suicide, but Simona thinks otherwise. Bud never went
rowing without wearing his life jacket, yet the protective device was found
in a different locale, a distance from the corpse. The daughter of the two
so-called suicide victim hires Simona and Dimitri to investigate both
deaths even though she thinks the culprit is someone she dearly loves. The
detective duo uncovers numerous suspects, who have means and motives. As
they get closer to uncovering the truth, they place their own lives in
jeopardy.
....... Camilla T. Crespi has an amazing talent that makes reading her novels
seem like eating potato chips. It is impossible to stop reading until you
have devoured the entire book. Even then the audience will open up another
bag and devour a previous novel in the series. THE TROUBLE WITH A HOT
SUMMER has no troubles as it captures the atmosphere of a Long Island
summer among the Robin Leach crowd. However, it is Simona's relationship
with the various characters that turn this mystery into a delightful novel.
Whip up a batch of Simona's cool pesta dish for lunch and enjoy a
fulfilling reading experience.

.....Harriet Klausner

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Fluff in Disguise, March 22, 1998

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puffinswan "puffinswan" (Brigadoon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Trouble With a Bad Fit: A Novel of Food, Fashion, and Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)

The mystery genre has expanded since it's "Golden Age", to encompass and indeed embrace many new forms. Now we have funny murders, cat detectives, and women who love their guns best, to amuse us alongside the classic puzzle or even no puzzle at all. Yet hidden deep inside the heart of every well written mystery one thing must remain, suspense. Every good mystery must supply the reader with a question that must be answered. That why or how or who creates the suspense and adrenaline surge that readers seek from a good mystery. Camilla Crespi does not seem to yet understand this basic need. Her latest book " The Trouble with a Bad Fit" is tailored to please everyone and succeeds in pleasing no one. The only thing she got right was the title. Pale humor, soft characterization, a recipe here and there (because it is so trendy) cannot disguise or distract from the book's basic lack of suspense filled heart. And because the plot seems as unimportant to me as it obviously did to the writer, I will not try to will it back to conciousness here, but will merely leave one final clue: fluff in disguise.

5.0 out of 5 stars delicious reading, July 3, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Trouble With a Hot Summer (Mass Market Paperback)

I passed this book around to all my friends and family. Everyone loved it .We all cooked along with the author Camilla. Nana