Spellman Files

',Fast-paced, irreverent, and very funny,The Spellman Filesis likeHarriet the Spyfor grown-ups'Curtis Sittenfeld, author ofEligible and American Wife 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 shes good at her job. Invading peoples 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 wire-tap a Spellman. But when Izzys parents hire her 14-year-old sister to discover the identity of her new boyfriend, Izzy decides she wants out. Before theyll 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, Izzys Impossible Case becomes the most important of her life.',Hilarious. My enjoyment ofThe Spellman Fileswas only slightly undercut by my irritation that I hadnt written it myself. The funniest book Ive read in years!'Lauren Weisberger, author ofThe Devil Wears Prada ',The Spellman Filesis 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 ofLucia, LuciaandBig Stone Gap