The Trouble With Going Home: A Simona Griffo Mystery (Simona Griffo Mysteries) by Camilla T. Crespi  (1)
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Simona Griffo--the Italian-born, New York-based food and murder expert--is worried about losing her soft creative job at her ad agency, of being pushed upstairs with "the Living Dead, account executives who get to work at 8 a.m. in ironed suits and crisp hair, trailing antiseptic deodorant smells. I thrive in the late-starting, garlic-breath, T-shirt-and-jeans department." She certainly does. Simona's latest misadventure takes her cooking and crime-solving skills into the world of high fashion, where one of Griffo's clients is in danger of losing her company and her freedom. As usual, there's a great-looking recipe at the end of the book--this time for something called Shmatta Pasta, which I'm making tonight. Past Griffo gourmandizings in paperback include The Trouble With Going Home, The Trouble with Thin Ice, and The Trouble With a Hot Summer. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Publishers Weekly
In her new adventure (following The Trouble with Going Home), Simona Griffo calls on her native Italian wits and independence to unravel a puzzling murder in Manhattan's garment district. Simona, whose day job is with an uptight advertising agency, is hired by aging (and some say, declining) designer Roberta Riddle to investigate the murder of Phyllis Striker, her fitting model who apparently, over the years, had antagonized just about everyone in her prestigious firm. Roberta hopes that her business partner, Charlie Angelo, whose bloody fingerprints are discovered at the crime scene, will be cleared. Simona's lover, New York Homicide Detective Stanley Greenhouse, is also working the case, and the parallel investigations bring friction to their relationship and danger to Simona, whose relentless curiosity brings on some of New York's more determined muggers. Having hired Dimitri, an enterprising taxi driver, for protection, Simona interviews a colorful, voluble crew of suspects (a tailor, a seamstress, the building owner) and uncovers a Byzantine web of bribery, blackmail and pure malice going back 30 years. The labyrinthine scheming diminishes the impact of Crespi's zesty characters in their vibrant city setting, deflating a tale that might otherwise have kept the reader on pins and needles.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Simona Griffo--the Italian-born, New York-based food and murder expert--is worried about losing her soft creative job at her ad agency, of being pushed upstairs with "the Living Dead, account executives who get to work at 8 a.m. in ironed suits and crisp hair, trailing antiseptic deodorant smells. I thrive in the late-starting, garlic-breath, T-shirt-and-jeans department." She certainly does. Simona's latest misadventure takes her cooking and crime-solving skills into the world of high fashion, where one of Griffo's clients is in danger of losing her company and her freedom. As usual, there's a great-looking recipe at the end of the book--this time for something called Shmatta Pasta, which I'm making tonight. Past Griffo gourmandizings in paperback include The Trouble With Going Home, The Trouble with Thin Ice, and The Trouble With a Hot Summer. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Publishers Weekly
In her new adventure (following The Trouble with Going Home), Simona Griffo calls on her native Italian wits and independence to unravel a puzzling murder in Manhattan's garment district. Simona, whose day job is with an uptight advertising agency, is hired by aging (and some say, declining) designer Roberta Riddle to investigate the murder of Phyllis Striker, her fitting model who apparently, over the years, had antagonized just about everyone in her prestigious firm. Roberta hopes that her business partner, Charlie Angelo, whose bloody fingerprints are discovered at the crime scene, will be cleared. Simona's lover, New York Homicide Detective Stanley Greenhouse, is also working the case, and the parallel investigations bring friction to their relationship and danger to Simona, whose relentless curiosity brings on some of New York's more determined muggers. Having hired Dimitri, an enterprising taxi driver, for protection, Simona interviews a colorful, voluble crew of suspects (a tailor, a seamstress, the building owner) and uncovers a Byzantine web of bribery, blackmail and pure malice going back 30 years. The labyrinthine scheming diminishes the impact of Crespi's zesty characters in their vibrant city setting, deflating a tale that might otherwise have kept the reader on pins and needles.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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