Spellman Six: The Next Generation (6) (The Spellman Series) - Softcover

Lutz, Lisa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1451686676 ISBN 13: 9781451686678

Publisher: S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, 2014

Synopsis

"Raymond Chandler meets Arrested Development. Zany, witty, and full of dark surprises, Lisa Lutz's novel is pure fun—and Izzy Spellman, PI, tops the list of 'Fictional Characters I'd Like to Meet for a Bourbon'"(Gillian Flynn, New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl).


ISABEL SPELLMAN, PI, is used to being followed, extorted, and questioned—all occupational hazards of working at her fami-ly’s firm, Spellman Investigations. Her little sister, Rae, once tailed Izzy for weeks on end to discover the identity of Izzy’s boyfriend. Her mother, Olivia, once blackmailed Izzy with photographic evidence of Prom Night 1994. After years of power struggles, Izzy staged a hostile takeover of the company. She should have known better than to think she could put such shenanigans behind her.

When Izzy is accused of embezzling from a former client, her troubles are just begin­ning. If Izzy gets indicted, she could lose her PI license and the Spellman family’s liveli­hood—not to mention her own freedom. Is this the end of Izzy Spellman, PI?

Spellman Six: The Next Generation is, hands down, the most powerful book in the best­selling, award-nominated Spellman series.

About this title

About the Author

Lisa Lutz is the author of the New York Times bestselling, Edgar Award– and Macavity Award–nominated, and Alex Award–winning Spellman Files series, as well as the novels How to Start a Fire, The Passenger, and The Swallows. She lives and works in upstate New York.

Review

"[Spellman Six] is Raymond Chandler meets Arrested Development. Zany, witty and full of dark surprises, Lisa Lutz's novel is pure fun-and Izzy Spellman, PI, tops the list of 'Fictional Characters I'd Like to Meet for a Bourbon.'" Author: Gillian Flynn,#1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl

“The sly trick of Lisa Lutz’s Spellman novels is that they’re so funny and so smart that you’re taken by surprise by all the insights they offer---about loneliness, about the tumult of love and most of all about the tender chaos of families. Like Raymond Chandler-meets-Salinger’s Glass family, with [Spellman Six], Lutz offers her richest, funniest and most bittersweet Spellman tale to date.” Author: Megan Abbott, author of THE END OF EVERYTHING and DARE ME

“Lutz delivers another rollicking good time in her sixth novel.” Author: Publishers Weekly

"Edgar-nominated Lutz is in fine form...Another killer whodunit packed with plot twists and wit." Author: Booklist

"Lisa Lutz has a delightful knack for being able to combine humor and drama without letting one minimize the impact of the other...If you like your mysteries served up with a generous helping of humor, both subtle and silly, then you are sure to enjoy Lutz's award-winning series.” Author: Bookreporter.com

“In the end, good and quirky beats bad and twisted. For a sixth time, Lisa Lutz has made the finding out how so much marvelous fun.” Author: Baton-Rouge Advocate

“[Spellman Six] will make you laugh, it’ll make you cry, and it’ll make you feel wiser for having read it. It’s the kind of book you should play hooky to read so that you can savor it in solitude while drinking booze and/or eating ice cream in your pajamas. It’s the kind of book you fall in love with on page one and hope will never end, and if you know what’s good for you, you’ll go out and buy yourself a copy right now.” Author: Crimespree Magazine

“5 out of 5. I devoured this book in less than 24 hours – it’s hilarious, touching, and the strongest installment of the series to boot. “ Author: RagingBiblioholism.com

“Along with its humor, this novel has its share of melancholy, with a surprising and bittersweet ending that nevertheless feels right. Izzy may find it hard to grow up, but Lutz's writing is maturing just fine.” Author: Self Awareness for Readers

Praise for THE TRAIL OF THE SPELLMANS

“Private investigator Isabel ‘Izzy’ Spellman is not your typical gumshoe...irreverent... amusing...[Trail of the Spellmans is] a wise (and wise-cracking) choice for mystery readers.” Author: Booklist

About this edition

• Publisher: S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1451686676
• ISBN 13: 9781451686678
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368