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The Spellmans Strike Again
The Spellmans Strike Again: A deliciously witty, wildly inventive and wickedly funny novel | Lisa Lutz
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?‘Fast-paced, irreverent, and very funny, The Spellman Files is like Harriet the Spy for grown-ups’ Curtis Sittenfeld, author of Eligible and American Wife At the ripe old age of thirty-two, former wild child Isabel "Izzy" Spellman has finally agreed to take over the family detective business. The transition won't be smooth. First among her priorities as head of Spellman Investigations is to dig up some dirt on the competition, slippery ex-cop Rick Harkey. Next, faced with a puzzling missing-person's case she recruits an actor friend, Len, to infiltrate the home of an ageing millionaire as an undercover butler.Meanwhile, Izzy is being blackmailed by her mother to commit to regular blind dates with promising professionals - an arrangement that doesn't thrill Connor, Izzy's soon to become Ex-boyfriend No. 12. At Spellman headquarters, it's business as unusual. Mom's been spotted crying in the pantry and just when it looks like things can't go more haywire.It just goes to show, however many Spellman Family Rules are put in place in an attempt to hold the family together, Izzy will never be able to follow Rule No. 1: Act Normal. ‘Hilarious. My enjoyment of The Spellman Files was only slightly undercut by my irritation that I hadn't written it myself. The funniest book I've read in years!’ Lauren Weisberger, author of The Devil Wears Prada ‘The Spellman Files is hilarious, outrageous, and hip. Izzy Spellman, P.I., is a total original, with a voice so fresh and real, you want more, more, more. At long last, we know what Nancy Drew would have been like had she come from a family of lovable crackpots. Lisa Lutz has created a delicious comedy with skill and truth. I loved it’ Adriana Trigiani, author of Lucia, Lucia and Big Stone Gap
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janeycanuck
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Lutz is really in a groove with the Spellmans - the antics keep getting zanier, the cases keep getting more interesting, and the writing is as hilarious as ever. The missing household hardware in this one was just so bizarre but was nicely balanced by Maggie/Rae/Isabel working on the cases of wrongly-convicted men. Things are certainly coming to a head in this family - but there's still 2 books to go...

TheKidUpstairs I keep meaning to give these books a go... 1y
janeycanuck @TheKidUpstairs They are pretty funny but the style takes a bit to get used to! 1y
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GuiltyFeat
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The spell may finally be broken at the end of this 4th Spellman book. Still funny, still entertaining but getting a little self-referential and repetitive. Of course I'll go on to read the last two, because that how I roll, but I'm not sure there's a way back from this.

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lillinares
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After 3 Spellman Files books in a row, I spent the last two weeks reading some highbrow stuff (sorry, no pictures... they were free on Serial Reader). I feared I was going soft on my literary habits. Then I picked this one up and face-palmed myself within the first few chapters because IT'S SO DAMN FUN! Why did I wait this long? I love you, Izzy! #aprilreads #offmyhighbrowhorse #spellmanfiles

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Ashley_Morgan
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I LOVE the Spellmans! This series is like your favorite kind of comfort food, it's becoming my go to after a long day. I just finished book 4 and each book has been as good as the last in the series! Also, the footnotes are hilarious!