Revenge of the Spellmans

Revenge of the Spellmans, the third book in the Spellman Files series came out a few weeks ago and I have just finished reading it. It is every bit as good as the first two, The Spellman Files and Curse of the Spellmans. I love, love, love this series.

The Spellmans are a quirky family who run a detective agency, but spend a lot of time spying on/investigating each other. The author, Lisa Lutz, scatters footnotes thoughout the pages and her humor has me laughing out loud.

Last summer I ran into my local Saint Louis County Library branch to pick up a few books to take on our vacation. Curse of the Spellmans was on the "new releases" shelf, so I picked it up, never having heard of the author or her work. A day into our road trip I had finished the book (there's not a lot to look at in Western Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma) and upon returning home picked up the first book in the series. I know, that's not the order one would usually pick for reading a series, but I was hooked.

Lutz's writing style and characters remind me of the type of books that my nephew, Michael Snyder writes. His second book, Return Policy, should be released soon.

If you like funny stories with quirky characters and snappy dialog, this is the series for you. I've read that plans are underway to make the first book into a movie, though production has not yet started.

You can read more about Lisa Lutz on her website: http://lisalutz.com/