Lisa Lutz est une auteure de best-sellers du New York Times, célébrée pour son approche distinctive de la narration. Ses œuvres explorent souvent les complexités de la nature humaine, mêlant esprit vif et perspectives profondes sur les dynamiques familiales et les aspects plus sombres de la psyché. Lutz crée habilement des récits qui captivent les lecteurs, marqués par des rebondissements inattendus et une voix narrative unique qui la distingue. Elle est reconnue pour sa capacité à explorer les paysages psychologiques avec intelligence et un sens aigu du suspense.
Le grand retour des Spellman, détectives privés de père (et mère) en fille(s). Chez eux, savoir écouter aux portes est un talent inné, crocheter les serrures, une seconde nature, exercer un chantage, une façon toute personnelle de mener des négociations. Le tout au nom de l'amour inconditionnel. Après le succès de Spellman & Associés , les nouvelles aventures, toujours aussi déjantées et hilarantes, d'Izzy et de la famille la plus cinglée de San Francisco.
Isabel Spellman, dite Izzy, détective privé de 28 ans, travaille dans l'agence de ses parents. Mais lorsque ces derniers la font suivre par sa soeur pour découvrir qui est son nouveau petit ami, elle décide de quitter l'affaire familiale. Mais avant de partir, elle doit résoudre une dernière affaire, une disparition remontant à quinze ans.
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.
She's left her dead husband--and within forty-eight hours Tanya Dubois is a fugitive. It's almost impossible to live off the grid today, but Tanya-once-Amelia-now-Debra and Blue, a bartender, have the courage, the ingenuity, and the desperation, to try. Hopscotching from city to city, Debra especially is chased by a very dark secret--can she outrun her past?
A gripping psychological thriller on the bonds of friendship and the cost of
breaking them, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Passenger and
the Spellman Files.
Set in a New England prep school, the narrative explores a provocative gender conflict initiated by a teacher, leading to unforeseen and deadly repercussions. The story delves into themes of power dynamics, societal expectations, and the impact of education on personal beliefs, showcasing the volatile nature of relationships within an academic environment. The tension escalates, revealing the darker sides of ambition and rivalry among students and faculty alike.
From a bestselling writer, a story of unexpected friendship-three women thrown together in college who grow to adulthood united and divided by secrets, lies, and a single night that shaped all of them When UC Santa Cruz roommates Anna and Kate find passed-out Georgiana Leoni on a lawn one night, they wheel her to their dorm in a shopping cart. Twenty years later, they gather around a campfire on the lawn of a New England mansion. What happens in between-the web of wild adventures, unspoken jealousies, and sudden tragedies that alter the course of their lives-is charted with sharp wit and aching sadness in this meticulously constructed novel. Anna, the de facto leader, is fearless and restless-moving fast to stay one step ahead of her demons. Quirky, contemplative Kate is a natural sidekick but a terrible wingman ("If you go home with him, might I suggest breathing through your mouth"). And then there's George: the most desired woman in any room, and the one most likely to leave with the worst man. Shot through with the crackling dialogue, irresistible characters, and propulsive narrative drive that make Lutz's books so beloved, How to Start a Fire pulls us deep into Anna, Kate, and George's complicated bond and pays homage to the abiding, irrational love we share with the family we choose.
In a metafictional mystery, siblings Paul and Lacey Hansen grapple with the shocking discovery of Lacey's ex-fiancé's headless corpse on their property. As they delve into the investigation, the authors' conflicting visions for the narrative lead to unexpected twists, escalating the body count and introducing a cast of eccentric characters. The chaotic interplay between the story's creators adds a unique layer of insanity to the already tumultuous situation the Hansens face.
Spellmania – Fortsetzung folgt! Die liebenswert schrägen Spellmans betreiben ein Familienbusiness der besonderen Art: eine Privatdetektei. Beim professionellen Beschatten und Ausspionieren (vor allem in den eigenen Reihen macht ihnen keiner etwas vor. Doch als Isabel dem neuen, äußerst attraktiven Nachbarn nachstellt, weil seine Gärtnerleidenschaft ihr tiefstes Misstrauen erweckt, landet sie in der Arrestzelle. Aber nicht einmal das bringt die junge Detektivin davon ab, der Zielperson »John Braun« auf den Fersen zu bleiben. Eine rasante Krimi-Komödie, »sprühend und geistreich« (Publishers Weekly).
Die Spellmans sind ein einzigartiger Detektivclan, der schon früh in Kunst des Beschattens und Erpressens geschult wird. Isabel Spellman muss sich mit dem neuen Nachbarn und dem chaotischen Familienleben auseinandersetzen, während ihr Vater eine Midlife-Crisis durchlebt und ihre Mutter Reifen aufschlitzt. Humor garantiert!
