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Hot Water is a novel written by P. G. Wodehouse. It is set in the Chateau Blissac, Brittany, and chronicles the romantic and criminal events that occur there. Summary of the Book This title brings to you a brilliant mixture of romance, intrigue, and Wodehouse’s signature brand of homour. Packy Franklyn, the protagonist, is an American millionaire and sportsman. He is living in England, and is engaged to Lady Beatrice Bracken. An accidental meeting with Senator Ambrose Opal, the great Dry legislator, leads to utter chaos, when a letter written by the Senator to his bootlegger is used as a means for threat. Hot Water also features Gordon "Oily" Carlisle and Gertie, who returns in Cocktail Time, as well as Jane Opal and Soup Slattery. About P. G. Wodehouse P. G. Wodehouse was an English author and humorist, He has written several novels, short stories, plays, poems, and song lyrics. He enjoyed enormous success and popularity during his career that lasted more than seven decades. Despite spending most of his life in France and the United States, Wodehouse’s main canvas remained pre- and post-World War I English upper class society. Some of Wodehouse’s works include: The Inimitable Jeeves, The Code of the Woosters, The Man with Two Left Feet, and Jeeves in the Offing.