{"product_id":"9781416532408","title":"The Spellman Files : Document #1","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Spellman Files\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Lisa Lutz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Passenger \u003c\/i\u003ecomes the first novel in the hilarious Spellman Files mystery series featuring Isabel “Izzy” Spellman (part Nancy Drew, part Dirty Harry) and her highly functioning yet supremely dysfunctional family of private investigators.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet 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 \u003ci\u003eGet Smart\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIzzy 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\"Fast-paced, irreverent, and very funny, \u003ci\u003eThe Spellman Files\u003c\/i\u003e is like \u003ci\u003eHarriet the Spy\u003c\/i\u003e for grown-ups.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e -- Curtis Sittenfeld, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Man of My Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePrep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hilarious. My enjoyment of \u003ci\u003eThe Spellman Files\u003c\/i\u003e was only slightly undercut by my irritation that I hadn't written it myself. The funniest book I've read in years!\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e -- Lauren Weisberger, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Devil Wears Prada\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEveryone Worth Knowing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Spellman Files\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e -- Adriana Trigiani, author of \u003ci\u003eLucia, Lucia\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBig Stone Gap\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A spirited, funny debut...a rush of humor and chaos...casual, swift, and hip...A fresh story that works real issues through an offbeat premise.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e -- \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781416532408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40984801640654,"sku":"9781416532408","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_41ba1c55-4ab9-4579-a263-f4a454c69b24.jpg?v=1646778367","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781416532408","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}