Trouble with a Hot Summer (A Simona Griffo Mystery)

All Simona Wanted was a Week in the Sun

Italian-born Simona Griffo's hot summer in high-society East Hampton turns chilly when her new friend, advertising executive Bud Warren, is found floating in the bay. Just that morning Bud had confided to Simona that his wife's recent death wasn't a suicide, as the police ruled. It was murder. Suspecting Bud's death wasn't an accident, Simona and her Russian partner-in-crime, Dmitri, start digging for clues. Bud and his wife, they discover, were not exactly as sociable as they seemed. But who would want to kill them? With a list of suspects rising faster than the heat, Simona knows she has to keep cool to catch a murderer'before she gets burned.

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