Thursday, October 22, 2009

The Spellman files

Lisa Lutz writes of Izzy Spellman who works for her family firm of private investigators. Izzy's main problem is her dysfunctional but very believable family. Instead of asking Izzy who her current boyfriend is, they bug her car, follow her, and bribe her young sister Rae to find out. No wonder Izzy is the rebel she is. This gives Lutz the scope for lots of interesting situations.

The crime parts are sort of side plots. After reading this, I was glad my our mother was not a PI when I was in my younger dating days; she would have driven me as potty as Izzy with her burning curiosity about my love (or lack of) life!

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