With almost a dozen ex-boyfriends littering her past, she’s comfortable on her own - until she meets Daniel, a handsome dentist and tennis pro. And when it comes to her line of work, Izzy is used to. Each family member is used to turning a deadbolt on their bedroom door and looking around corners to see if they’re being followed - and it’s never been a big deal. and Izzy herself wouldn’t know what privacy looked like if it smacked her in the face. The staff of Spellman Investigations is so good at what they do that it’s impossible to turn off. At 28, Izzy lives in the loft of her childhood home with her parents and younger sister, Rae, a sass-mouthed teen who gets herself in scrapes. As a group of private investigators working out of their home in downtown San Francisco, the Spellmans are used to delving into others’ secrets - and cataloging their own. Isabel “Izzy” Spellman works in the family business: spying on people. Since I’ve methodically worked my way through many of my local branch’s limited supply of audios, I’m always on the lookout for something new - and the red cover of Lisa Lutz’s The Spellman Files spoke to me. choose a random read without consulting a single review. Spending so much time on the bookish Internet means I usually have a shortlist of books I’d like to find and take home with me - or better yet, place on hold long before I darken the library’s doorstep.īut sometimes - very occasionally - I leave things up to chance. When I walk into the library, it’s typically with a purpose.

The spellman files a novel