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Izzy Spellman is 28, single and works for Spellman Investigations, a family-run private detective agency. She might have a chequered past littered with romantic mistakes - but at least she's good at her job. Invading people's privacy comes naturally. To the whole family. To be a Spellman is to snoop on a Spellman; tail a Spellman; dig up dirt on, blackmail and wiretap a Spellman. But when Izzy's parents hire her 14-year-old sister to discover the identity of her new boyfriend, Izzy decides she wants out. Before they'll let her go, her parents ask her to solve one last case - a 15-year-old, ice-cold, missing person, impossible-to-solve case. But when a disappearance occurs far closer to home, Izzy's Impossible Case becomes the most important of her life.
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Having sold her first screenplay at the age of 21, Liza Lutz quit college to make it big in Hollywood, only to spend the next ten years rewriting the script! During that time she supported herself via menial jobs, including a two-year stint at a San Francisco private investigation firm, which inspired her to write her first novel, THE SPELLMAN FILES. Visit www.lisalutz.com
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a fantastic first book, I enjoyed it thoroughly and am quite happy that there is already a sequel out there.
The plot kept me waiting to find out what happened all through, it made me laugh, cry and turn every page waiting to see what next twist would come to upset Izzy's life - which was already filled with enough 'KAOS' as it was.
There were a couple of plot flaws - like the end of her 'last' case, she just seemed to accept the conclusion without question - which is opposite to her character all through the rest of the book, but it would have dragged on too much had she not done this so I can deal with that.
And the other odd thing, but none of it ruined the story, I loved it to the end. Read this for fun, it's not trashy chic-lit, it's not hard-core thriller, it's a little bit of everything rolled into one. Fab!
The plot kept me waiting to find out what happened all through, it made me laugh, cry and turn every page waiting to see what next twist would come to upset Izzy's life - which was already filled with enough 'KAOS' as it was.
There were a couple of plot flaws - like the end of her 'last' case, she just seemed to accept the conclusion without question - which is opposite to her character all through the rest of the book, but it would have dragged on too much had she not done this so I can deal with that.
And the other odd thing, but none of it ruined the story, I loved it to the end. Read this for fun, it's not trashy chic-lit, it's not hard-core thriller, it's a little bit of everything rolled into one. Fab!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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The Spellmans are a family of Private investigators living in San Francisco, there's Mum, Dad, Uncle Ray and three children David, Isabel and Rae. The novel is narrated by 28 year-old Isabel; a women who enters buildings via windows and thinks nothing of using blackmail and surveillance in order to get things to go her way. The trouble is...so do the rest of her family! This book, which is the first in a series, is really introducing us to the family and getting to know them all as individuals. My favourite was the youngest daughter, Rae, who is a real bundle of trouble and can be found in bars drinking ginger ale pretending its whiskey or tailing old people round town in order to hone her skills.
There isn't a great deal of plot to the novel, except that Isabel tries to break free from the family and agrees to one last case before she leaves the family business; it's a missing person's case that has been cold for 15 years. There are also Isabel's disastrous attempts at having a love life and her pursuit of an attractive dentist.
If you come from, or have ever wished you come from, an eccentric but loving family you'll love this book. I'm looking forward to the next one!
There isn't a great deal of plot to the novel, except that Isabel tries to break free from the family and agrees to one last case before she leaves the family business; it's a missing person's case that has been cold for 15 years. There are also Isabel's disastrous attempts at having a love life and her pursuit of an attractive dentist.
If you come from, or have ever wished you come from, an eccentric but loving family you'll love this book. I'm looking forward to the next one!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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The Spellman Files is, I have to say, like no other book I've ever read. It starts with a very intriguing prologue, that sets the scene nicely for the novel you're about to read as Isabel gets herself into a car chase. We then see Izzy is taking part in a police interview, because something's happened before we go right back to the beginning. To how Spellman's, the PI (private investigator/ive) firm, came around and to how Izzy became a PI herself. The Spellman's are like no family you will ever meet and the whole clan make it their business to know the business of everyone else. Izzy's mum and dad take it so far that they even get her 14-year-old sister Rae to spy on her so they can find out who her boyfriend is!
Izzy recounts the whole tale as to how she ended up being interviewed by the police and it's set out per incident. There are car chases, lost weekends, the dentist war... and it's mind-boggling in the very best way. There are twists and turns, there's inter-family wars, there's threats and there's Rae and her negotiation tactics. It is one of the funniest books I've ever read, I literally had tears in my eyes through laughter. The lengths Izzy and her family go to keep tabs on each other and stop anyone from spilling any beans is completely insane and I've never laughed so much while reading a novel. At when I wasn't laughing, I was sat there with an amused grin on my face eagerly awaiting the next big laugh.
All of the characters are certifiable. There's no doubt that the Spellmans love each other, but they do have some serious boundary issues. Izzy is one of the freshest female characters I've come across in a while. She's spunky, she's full of life, but mainly she's not perfect. She was a bit of a wild child who straightened herself out and I loved her. She's shot up my list of favourite characters, in fact her whole family has. Her mum and dad are crazy, but in a way I understood the fact they tailed their own daughter; it's what they do. Rae was my second-favourite character, her negotiation skills are legendary, and I loved her war with Uncle Ray. Finally, there's David, the only Spellman family member not part of Spellman's. He's a lawyer instead but he's just as involved as everyone else and he's spied on just as much as the rest of them!
Although the Spellman's are totally nuts, they are the best family I've come across. I want to be part of their madcap world, and I love each and every family member. Maybe the lengths they go are a bit extreme (and far-fetched) but in the realm of the book, they fit perfectly. And it's a stunning book. It's not a crime novel, not really, nor would I say it's a Chick Lit novel. It's sort of inbetween, I suppose. I didn't expect to finish the book as quickly as I did, but once I was sucked in, I was desperate to know the mystery, desperate to find out how it had all come about. I loved every page of the novel, and I was sat to see it finish. The book does end on a bit of a sad note. Overall I was hugely satisfied with Lutz's debut novel, so much so that I'll be buying the three further Spellman books immediately. The Spellmans are a family you want to meet!
Izzy recounts the whole tale as to how she ended up being interviewed by the police and it's set out per incident. There are car chases, lost weekends, the dentist war... and it's mind-boggling in the very best way. There are twists and turns, there's inter-family wars, there's threats and there's Rae and her negotiation tactics. It is one of the funniest books I've ever read, I literally had tears in my eyes through laughter. The lengths Izzy and her family go to keep tabs on each other and stop anyone from spilling any beans is completely insane and I've never laughed so much while reading a novel. At when I wasn't laughing, I was sat there with an amused grin on my face eagerly awaiting the next big laugh.
All of the characters are certifiable. There's no doubt that the Spellmans love each other, but they do have some serious boundary issues. Izzy is one of the freshest female characters I've come across in a while. She's spunky, she's full of life, but mainly she's not perfect. She was a bit of a wild child who straightened herself out and I loved her. She's shot up my list of favourite characters, in fact her whole family has. Her mum and dad are crazy, but in a way I understood the fact they tailed their own daughter; it's what they do. Rae was my second-favourite character, her negotiation skills are legendary, and I loved her war with Uncle Ray. Finally, there's David, the only Spellman family member not part of Spellman's. He's a lawyer instead but he's just as involved as everyone else and he's spied on just as much as the rest of them!
Although the Spellman's are totally nuts, they are the best family I've come across. I want to be part of their madcap world, and I love each and every family member. Maybe the lengths they go are a bit extreme (and far-fetched) but in the realm of the book, they fit perfectly. And it's a stunning book. It's not a crime novel, not really, nor would I say it's a Chick Lit novel. It's sort of inbetween, I suppose. I didn't expect to finish the book as quickly as I did, but once I was sucked in, I was desperate to know the mystery, desperate to find out how it had all come about. I loved every page of the novel, and I was sat to see it finish. The book does end on a bit of a sad note. Overall I was hugely satisfied with Lutz's debut novel, so much so that I'll be buying the three further Spellman books immediately. The Spellmans are a family you want to meet!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Fantastic.
I really enjoyed this book (and the others in the series, if anything, become even better). The genre is so hard to pinpoint - not comedy (though hilarious at times), not drama... Read more
Published 1 month ago by kindler
Okay... but weird at times!
I just finished reading the Spellmann's Files and i have to say, i found it disappointing. I was expecting a hilarious read and, although there are some funny passages, i thought... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Karen Kupfer
Absolutely Brilliant!
This is the first book in the Spellman Series and I absolutely loved it. I found it refreshing and funny and although the Spellman family is bizarre, weird and bordering on... Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2010 by Book Chick City
seriously funny
If you expect this book to be a passionate romance or a thrilling detectie story, you may be disappointed, since it is rather average in both those categories. Read more
Published on 27 July 2009 by A. Minasyan
Disappointing
I have read quite a few novels recently and I must say that this book is written poorly. I do not like books written in the first person at all, as I believe you should think of... Read more
Published on 26 Aug 2008 by Betty
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