The Trouble With Going Home

Simona Griffo expects chaos as usual from her eccentric family during her visit to her 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.