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Detective Fiction, Cozy Mystery, and Humorous Mystery

The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz

The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz

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A Witty San Francisco Humorous Mystery of Eccentric PI Families, Surveillance, and Cold Cases

Twenty-eight-year-old Isabel "Izzy" Spellman has worked for six years at Spellman Investigations, her family's wildly dysfunctional San Francisco private detective agency. Between surveillance stakeouts, phone-tapping her dates, and dealing with parents who treat her personal life like an open case file, Izzy decides she is finally ready to quit the family business.

Her parents agree to let her walk away under one condition: Izzy must solve the agency's toughest cold case—the fifteen-year-old disappearance of young Rick Henry. As Izzy dives into the investigation, she finds herself juggling family rivalries, her teenage sister's illegal surveillance games, and long-buried neighborhood secrets.

Why You’ll Love This Book

Lisa Lutz introduces an Alex Award-winning, hilarious mystery series featuring the unforgettable Spellman family. Packed with witty dialogue, eccentric family dynamics, and clever sleuthing, this book is essential reading for fans of Janet Evanovich, Carl Hiaasen, and Sue Grafton.

Book Details

ISBN: 9781416594178

Binding: Paperback

Pub Date:

Publisher: Pocket Books

Pages: 480

Author:

  • Lisa Lutz

Language: English

Curator's Note:

Lutz introduces the chaotic Spellman detective agency as a family dynamic first and a crime-fighting unit second. The mystery of the missing person is often secondary to the hilarious surveillance the family members perform on each other. This is a perfect recommendation for readers who want their private eye stories served with a heavy side of comedy and dysfunctional wit.

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