A deliciously witty, wildly inventive and wickedly funny debut featuring a family that puts the 'fun' in dysfunctional
The Spellmans Series
This series delves into the lives of a quirky and highly skilled family of private investigators operating in San Francisco. Follow their unique investigative methods, which often involve unconventional tactics and interpersonal family dynamics. Readers can expect a compelling blend of suspense, humor, and unexpected twists in every case.






Recommended Reading Order
- 1
- 2
Curse of the Spellmans
- 416 pages
- 15 hours of reading
The hilarious sequel to Lisa Lutz's highly-acclaimed debut, The Spellman Files
- 3
Having been ordered into therapy after getting a little too close to her previous subject, former private investigator Izzy Spellman is wisely taking a break from Spellman Inc, having embarked on a less controversial career as a barmaid. But when her boss, Milo, simultaneously cuts her bartending hours and introduces her to a 'friend' looking for a private eye, Izzy reluctantly finds herself with a new client. A suspicious husband who wants his wife tailed, it would appear to be a routine case involving nothing more than that most boring of PI rituals: surveillance. But Izzy soon discovers that she's not the only person keeping a close eye on Mrs Ernie Black and with each passing hour the Case of the Wayward Wife throws up more questions than answers.
- 4
Former wild child Izzy Spellman has finally agreed to take over the family business, and the transition won't be a smooth one.
- 5
Trail of the Spellmans. Document 5
- 373 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Now in paperback, the fifth installment in the critically acclaimed, bestselling, Edgar Award-nominated series about a fearless private investigator Izzy Spellman and her quirky, yet endearing, family of sleuths.
- 6
Spellman Six
- 368 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Targeted by the members of her dysfunctional family for control over Spellman Investigations after staging a retaliatory takeover, Izzy is wrongly accused of embezzling funds from a wealthy Alzheimer's patient