Happily, I was given an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley for an honest review which was exciting since I’ve been a fan of Lisa Lutz for a long time now. The Spellman Files is a six book series that follows the quirky Spellman family who have no boundaries and run their own investigative business out of their home in San Francisco. In Heads, You Lose, every other chapter is written either by Lutz or her ex-boyfriend David Hayword and as they write a […]
The Last Word by Lisa Lutz
So I’m guessing that this was originally going to be the final Spellman book since its first title was The Last Word. The edition I read, however, had been re-titled The Next Generation, and since the last chapter was written by Rae, not Izzy, I’m assuming that the series will be having a major change come the next book. That makes sense. Izzy has kind of run her course, and putting her in charge of the agency, while fun for the purposes of the book, did not […]
Trail of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz
This is one of the more twisty, harder to guess Spellman books. Izzy’s family has gone nuts on her: Mom is participating in every extracurricular activity known to man, Dad is hiding something, David and Rae are fighting over something but Izzy can’t figure out what. While she’s investigating her family, she’s also got real cases going on. The main one involves her spying on a husband on behalf of his wife, but then also spying on the wife on behalf of her brother. As usual, […]
The Spellmans Strike Again by Lisa Lutz
Yep, the Spellmans are back. This time, wild child Izzy Spellman is making an attempt to grow up a big and take over the family business. She’s got a few cases floating at once: trying to dig up dirt on Rich Harkey, her family’s arch nemesis; uncovering the truth behind the disappearance of a valet by sneaking her actor friend into the role; plus, her mother is blackmailing her to get her to date lawyers (as mothers do). Honestly, I’ve read six Spellman books in […]