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The Spellmans Strike Again: A Novel (Izzy Spellman Mysteries) (edition 2010)

by Lisa Lutz

Series: The Spellman Files (4)

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Former wild child Izzy Spellman has finally agreed to take over the family business, and the transition won't be a smooth one.
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Title:The Spellmans Strike Again: A Novel (Izzy Spellman Mysteries)
Authors:Lisa Lutz
Info:Simon & Schuster (2010), Edition: 1st, Hardcover, 388 pages
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Rating:***1/2
Tags:mystery, PI, disfunctional family

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I'm sad to see the Spellman saga come to an end. So sad that I actually teared up a little in the final pages. Seriously! I also realized today that I read each and every one of the four books in one sitting because they're so fun and paced so well.

I hope Lisa Lutz writes more books.

But if she doesn't, at least I know Isabel and her family will always live in my heart, and in the similarities I see in my own crazy family, none of whom are detectives, but they still manage to be nosy (myself included). ( )
  LibrarianDest | Jan 3, 2024 |
I am enjoying this series but this one just wasn't up to par as the other 3. It was OK but lacking. I'm still going to finish the series ( )
  LaneyLegz | Jul 29, 2023 |
What a wonderful end to this absolutely insane series! I love all of these books and they'll remain on my keeper shelf. ( )
  tsmom1219 | Feb 24, 2022 |
Mrs. Spellman strikes again and again and again. She is relentless, but in the end, Izzy wins. It was a satisfying read. ( )
  nab6215 | Jan 18, 2022 |
The Spellmans Strike Again is the fourth novel in the Spellman Series by Lisa Lutz.

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Izzy Spellman has finally agreed to take over the family business, but so far nothing has changed all that much. Izzy is still trying to dig up dirt on Rick Harkey, the other PI in San Francisco and a known bastard. Her parents are still doing strange things like forcing Izzy to go on dates with lawyers (despite her boyfriend Connor) and ignoring that small items like door handles keep disappearing from the house. Rae has found something new to obsess about: freeing innocent prisoners. And Henry? Henry tries to be friends with Izzy again but Izzy isn’t sure she is ready for that. Oh, and of course, there is also an actual case Izzy is working on.

The Spellmans Strike Again is a great addition to the Spellman series that I’ve been reading with continuous joy and some heartbreak. We definitely get both here.

Read more on my blog: https://kalafudra.com/2020/09/12/the-spellmans-strike-again-lisa-lutz/ ( )
  kalafudra | Sep 12, 2020 |
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Lutz . . . delivers another engaging blend of wisecracks and crime-solving.
added by khuggard | editBooklist, Allison Block
 
Narrator Izzy's biting wit—mixed with a refreshing dose of humility and sadness—easily carries the story.
added by khuggard | editPublishers Weekly
 

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To all my friends from Desvernine Associates:
Des, Pamela, Pierre, Yvonne, Debra,
and Gretchen. But not Mike.
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MORTY: What's new, Izzele? (Prologue)
Why???? we all asked when my father broke the news.
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Former wild child Izzy Spellman has finally agreed to take over the family business, and the transition won't be a smooth one.

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At the ripe old age of thirty-two, former wild child Isabel "Izzy" Spellman has finally agreed to take over the family business. And the transition won't be a smooth one. First among her priorities as head of Spellman Investigations is to dig up some dirt on the competition, slippery ex-cop Rick Harkey--a task she may enjoy a little too much. Next, faced with a baffling missing-persons case at the home of an aging millionaire, Izzy hires an actor friend, Len, to infiltrate the mansion as an undercover butler--a role he may enjoy a little much. Meanwhile, Izzy is being blackmailed by her mother (photographic evidence of Prom Night 1994) to commit to regular blind dates with promising professionals--an arrangement that doesn't thrill Connor, an Irish bartender on the brink of becoming Ex-boyfriend #12.

At Spellman headquarters, it's business as unusual. Doorknobs and light fixtures are disappearing every day, Mom's been spotted crying in the pantry, and a series of increasingly demanding Spellman Rules (Rule #27: No Speaking Today) can't quite hold the family together. Izzy also has to decipher weekly "phone calls from the edge" from her octogenarian lawyer, Morty, as well as Detective Henry Stone's mysterious interest in rekindling their relationsh...well, whatever it was. Just when it looks like things can't go more haywire, little sister Rae's internship researching pro bono legal cases leads the youngest Spellman to launch a grassroots campaign that could spring an innocent man from jail--or land Rae in it. The Spellmans Strike Again is hands down the most hilarious, thrilling, and moving book in this bestselling, award-nominated series. And it proves beyond a reasonable doubt that Isabel Spellman, no matter how much she matures, will never be able to follow Rule #1: Act Normal.
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