The Spellman Files

In the first novel of the Spellman Files series by the award-winning author of The Accomplice and The Passenger, sharp-tongued private investigator Isabel “Izzy” Spellman navigates the chaotic dynamics of her family's San Francisco-based PI firm, where personal and professional lives intertwine. At twenty-eight, she grapples with the challenges of family, including a micromanaging parent and a perfect lawyer brother, while attempting to be a role model for her surveillance-obsessed teenage sister. Just as Izzy plans to leave the business, she is tasked with solving a fifteen-year-old missing persons case, which soon leads to a troubling new disappearance that becomes intensely personal. This fast-paced and irreverent mystery blends humor with family drama, making it a captivating read for fans of character-driven crime stories.