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![]() | The Spellman Files (2007) (The first book in the Izzy Spellman Mysteries series) A novel by Lisa Lutz |
Anthony Awards (nominee)
Barry Awards (nominee)
Macavity Awards (nominee)
| "The funniest book I've read in years." Lauren Weisberger |
Meet Isabel "Izzy" Spellman, private investigator. This twenty-eight-year-old may have a checkered past littered with romantic mistakes, excessive drinking, and creative vandalism; she may be addicted to Get Smart reruns and prefer entering homes through windows rather than doors -- but the upshot is she's good at her job as a licensed private investigator with her family's firm, Spellman Investigations. Invading people's privacy comes naturally to Izzy. In fact, it comes naturally to all the Spellmans. If only they could leave their work at the office. To be a Spellman is to snoop on a Spellman; tail a Spellman; dig up dirt on, blackmail, and wiretap a Spellman.
Part Nancy Drew, part Dirty Harry, Izzy walks an indistinguishable line between Spellman family member and Spellman employee. Duties include: completing assignments from the bosses, aka Mom and Dad (preferably without scrutiny); appeasing her chronically perfect lawyer brother (often under duress); setting an example for her fourteen-year-old sister, Rae (who's become addicted to "recreational surveillance"); and tracking down her uncle (who randomly disappears on benders dubbed "Lost Weekends"). But when Izzy's parents hire Rae to follow her (for the purpose of ascertaining the identity of Izzy's new boyfriend), Izzy snaps and decides that the only way she will ever be normal is if she gets out of the family business. But there's a hitch: she must take one last job before they'll let her go -- a fifteen-year-old, ice-cold missing person case. She accepts, only to experience a disappearance far closer to home, which becomes the most important case of her life.
The Spellman Files is the first novel in a winning and hilarious new series featuring the Spellman family in all its lovable chaos.
Genre: Mystery
Part Nancy Drew, part Dirty Harry, Izzy walks an indistinguishable line between Spellman family member and Spellman employee. Duties include: completing assignments from the bosses, aka Mom and Dad (preferably without scrutiny); appeasing her chronically perfect lawyer brother (often under duress); setting an example for her fourteen-year-old sister, Rae (who's become addicted to "recreational surveillance"); and tracking down her uncle (who randomly disappears on benders dubbed "Lost Weekends"). But when Izzy's parents hire Rae to follow her (for the purpose of ascertaining the identity of Izzy's new boyfriend), Izzy snaps and decides that the only way she will ever be normal is if she gets out of the family business. But there's a hitch: she must take one last job before they'll let her go -- a fifteen-year-old, ice-cold missing person case. She accepts, only to experience a disappearance far closer to home, which becomes the most important case of her life.
The Spellman Files is the first novel in a winning and hilarious new series featuring the Spellman family in all its lovable chaos.
Genre: Mystery
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Hardback Editions
October 2008 : Library Binding
| Title: The Spellman Files Author(s): Lisa Lutz ISBN: 1-4395-5995-3 / 978-1-4395-5995-6 Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
December 2007 : Hardback
| Title: The Spellman Files Author(s): Lisa Lutz ISBN: 1-84782-006-9 / 9781847820068 (UK edition) Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 2007 : Hardback
| Title: The Spellman Files Author(s): Lisa Lutz ISBN: 0-7862-9406-X / 978-0-7862-9406-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Thorndike Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
March 2007 : Hardback
| Title: The Spellman Files: A Novel Author(s): Lisa Lutz ISBN: 1-4165-3239-0 / 9781847392237 (USA edition) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2006 : Hardback
| Title: The Spellman Files Author(s): Lisa Lutz Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York Availability: Amazon More details... |
Paperback Editions
January 2009 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: The Spellman Files: A Novel Author(s): Lisa Lutz ISBN: 1-4165-9417-5 / 978-1-4165-9417-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Pocket Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 2008 : Perfect Paperback
| Title: The Spellman Files Author(s): Lisa Lutz ISBN: 1-84739-223-7 / 9781847392237 (UK edition) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
February 2008 : Paperback
| Title: The Spellman Files Author(s): Lisa Lutz ISBN: 1-4165-3240-4 / 978-1-4165-3240-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 2008 : Paperback
| Title: The Spellman Files [SPELLMAN FILES] Author(s): Lisa(Author) Lutz Publisher: Simon & Schuster Availability: Amazon More details... |
2008 : Paperback
| Title: The Spellman Files Author(s): Lisa Lutz ISBN: 1-4165-2640-4 / 978-1-4165-2640-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Pocket Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
April 2007 : Paperback
| Title: The Spellman Files (Spellman Mysteries 1) Author(s): Lisa Lutz ISBN: 0-7432-9515-3 / 978-0-7432-9515-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Audio Editions
March 2008 : Audio CD
| Title: The Spellman Files Author(s): Lisa Lutz ISBN: 0-7435-7135-5 / 978-0-7435-7135-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Encore Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
March 2007 : Audio CD
| Title: The Spellman Files: A Novel (Izzy Spellman Mysteries) Author(s): Lisa Lutz ISBN: 0-7435-6434-0 / 978-0-7435-6434-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2007 : Audio CD
| Title: The Spellman Files Author(s): Lisa Lutz ISBN: 1-4281-4224-X / 978-1-4281-4224-4 (USA edition) Publisher: RecordedBooks Availability: Amazon More details... |
Other Editions
September 2008 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Spellman Files (Spellman Mysteries 1) Author(s): Lisa Lutz Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
2008 : Unknown
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March 2007 : Unknown
| Title: The Spellman Files Author(s): Lisa Lutz ISBN: 0-7435-6435-9 / 978-0-7435-6435-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Simon & Schuster (a) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
March 2007 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Spellman Files Author(s): Lisa Lutz Publisher: Simon & Schuster Availability: Amazon More details... |
2007 : Unknown
| Title: The Spellman Files Author(s): Lisa Lutz ISBN: 1-4281-4223-1 / 978-1-4281-4223-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Recorded Books Availability: Amazon More details... |
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