The Spellman Files

If you are looking for something just plain fun to read, try The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz. People Magazine describes it perfectly as Dirty Harry meets Harriet the Spy. Izzy Spellman comes from a family of private detectives. Her little sister’s hobby, perhaps obsession is a better word, is surveillance. Izzy’s mom performs background checks on potential boyfriends, her dad bugs her bedroom. No secret is safe from the relentless family snooping. When Izzy finally meets a nice normal man she tries to reform her investigative instincts and act like a regular person so she pretends to be a tweed skirt, twin set wearing teacher. Can she get her wacky family to behave so she can snare the dentist of her dreams? Parts of this were funny enough to make me laugh out loud. Fans of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series will enjoy this.