The Spellman Files: A Novel

The Spellman Files: A Novel
by Lisa Lutz

The Spellman Files: A Novel
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Author: Lisa Lutz
Edition: Paperback
Published: 2008-02-12
ISBN: 1416532404
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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Book Review: Great new Series for Evonovich Fanis
Summary: 5 Stars

So if you enjoy Stephanie Plum, Myron Bolitar (Harlan Coben), Andy Carpenter (David Rosenfelt), The Blackbird Sisters, etc... you will enjoy this new series. It is an equally charming, whity, mystery series that like the above have different and distinct characters, plot lines, and styles; however they all have in common that they are enjoyable reads with a bit of whimsy and not downers. Granted I enjoy the Jeffrey Deaver's of the literature world as well but sometimes you just want something light hearted.

Summary of The Spellman Files: A Novel

Meet Isabel "Izzy" Spellman, private investigator. This twenty-eight-year-old may have a checkered past littered with romantic mistakes, excessive drinking, and creative vandalism; she may be addicted to Get Smart reruns and prefer entering homes through windows rather than doors -- but the upshot is she's good at her job as a licensed private investigator with her family's firm, Spellman Investigations. Invading people's privacy comes naturally to Izzy. In fact, it comes naturally to all the Spellmans. If only they could leave their work at the office. To be a Spellman is to snoop on a Spellman; tail a Spellman; dig up dirt on, blackmail, and wiretap a Spellman.

Part Nancy Drew, part Dirty Harry, Izzy walks an indistinguishable line between Spellman family member and Spellman employee. Duties include: completing assignments from the bosses, aka Mom and Dad (preferably without scrutiny); appeasing her chronically perfect lawyer brother (often under duress); setting an example for her fourteen-year-old sister, Rae (who's become addicted to "recreational surveillance"); and tracking down her uncle (who randomly disappears on benders dubbed "Lost Weekends"). But when Izzy's parents hire Rae to follow her (for the purpose of ascertaining the identity of Izzy's new boyfriend), Izzy snaps and decides that the only way she will ever be normal is if she gets out of the family business. But there's a hitch: she must take one last job before they'll let her go -- a fifteen-year-old, ice-cold missing person case. She accepts, only to experience a disappearance far closer to home, which becomes the most important case of her life.

The Spellman Files is the first novel in a winning and hilarious new series featuring the Spellman family in all its lovable chaos.

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