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| Original Title: | Trail of the Spellmans |
| ISBN: | 1451608128 (ISBN13: 9781451608120) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Spellmans #5 |
| Literary Awards: | Lefty Award Nominee (2013), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Humor (2012) |
Lisa Lutz
Hardcover | Pages: 384 pages Rating: 4.03 | 8602 Users | 1056 Reviews
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| Title | : | Trail of the Spellmans (The Spellmans #5) |
| Author | : | Lisa Lutz |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 384 pages |
| Published | : | February 28th 2012 by Simon & Schuster |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Humor |
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The fifth installment in the New York Times bestselling series by Lisa Lutz, featuring the fearless private investigator Izzy Spellman and her quirky, yet endearing, family of sleuths.For the first time in Spellman history, Isabel Spellman might be the most normal member of her family. Mom has taken on an outrageous assortment of extracurricular activities. Dad has a secret. Her brother and sister are at war, but neither will reveal the source of the conflict. While domestic disturbances abound, there is one source of sanity in the Spellman household: Demetrius Merriweather, employee of the month for eighteen months straight.
Things aren’t any simpler on the business side of Spellman Investigations. First, Rae is hired to follow a girl, only to fake the surveillance reports. Then a socialite has Isabel tail her husband, despite a conspicuous lack of suspicion. A man in a sweater vest hires the Spellmans to follow his sister, who turns out to be the socialite. Izzy won’t stop hunting for the answers—even when they threaten to shatter both the business and the family.
Readers are sure to love the next novel in a “series that keeps getting better and better” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
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Ratings: 4.03 From 8602 Users | 1056 ReviewsCrit Regarding Books Trail of the Spellmans (The Spellmans #5)
Another great Spellman book, though a little less so than the others so far. So much wit it hurts, so much smart it makes you jealous. So obvious Lutz is having so much fun writing this series, and this makes it so much fun to read, especially when you need a little laugh.I don't know. Maybe I'm over it. I liked it. I liked revisiting the characters, and the story stayed true to all of them. Still, you know when you see a sequel to a movie that had a very satisfactory ending, and the sequel is fine but you can't help but wonder if it was really necessary? This was like that.
I have that deep fear concerning the survivability of the Spellman clan and I hope LL wasn't trying to tell us something. I loved this book..it was LL typical high standard of writing with a ton of questions at the end!
This is the 5th book in the Spellman series, all 5 star books for me, most of them (why not all?!: Do I have to rectify that?!) on my favorites shelf. (I assigned 5 stars for Lutzs standalone book too.) (And, there is a new childrens book that will be out in 2013, and readers of this book get a teaser about it, illustrations included.)I literally laughed out loud, numerous times. The story is hilarious, delightful, and a perfect comfort read for me, warped sense of humor that I have.The
This installment of the series stands out to me because I was really attached to Isabel as a character, and I felt that the cases in this book were the most compelling (at least in my memory, since the first book). I do find that the references to the previous books ("now available in paperback!") is jarring. Why break the fourth wall? But I am overlooking that because the overall tone of the story is great and very entertaining.
I loved the first four books in this series to pieces. However I was really disappointed with this one. A lot of the series is kind of chaotic but usually you can follow along. Here it just didn't feel cohesive at all. Things just randomly happened that felt like they should have been addressed but instead were glossed over. The detective work was interesting but it just didn't feel as fun as the other books.
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