Pocket
February 2011
On Sale: January 25, 2011
Featuring: Izzy Spellman
416 pages ISBN: 1439199965 EAN: 9781439199961 Paperback (reprint) Add to Wish List
AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF THIRTY-TWO, FORMER WILD CHILD ISABEL βIZZYβ SPELLMAN HAS FINALLY AGREED TO TAKE OVER THE FAMILY BUSINESS. AND THE TRANSITION WONβT BE A SMOOTH ONE.
First among her priorities as head of Spellman Investigations is to dig up some dirt on the competition, slippery ex-cop Rick Harkeyβa task she may enjoy a little too much. Next, faced with a baffling missing-persons case at the home of an aging millionaire, Izzy hires an actor friend, Len, to infiltrate the mansion as an undercover butlerβa role he may enjoy a little much.
Meanwhile, Izzy is being blackmailed by her mother (photographic evidence of Prom Night 1994) to commit to regular blind dates with promising professionalsβan arrangement that doesnβt thrill Connor, an Irish bartender on the brink of becoming Ex-boyfriend #12.
At Spellman headquarters, itβs business as unusual. Doorknobs and light fixtures are disappearing every day, Momβs been spotted crying in the pantry, and a series of increasingly demanding Spellman Rules (Rule #27: No Speaking Today) canβt quite hold the family together. Izzy also has to decipher weekly βphone calls from the edgeβ from her octogenarian lawyer, Morty, as well as Detective Henry Stoneβs mysterious interest in rekindling their relationsh . . . well, whatever it was.
Just when it looks like things canβt go more haywire, little sister Raeβs internship researching pro bono legal cases leads the youngest Spellman to launch a grassroots campaign that could spring an innocent man from jailβor land Rae in it.
The Spellmans Strike Again is hands down the most hilarious, thrilling, and moving book in this bestselling, award-nominated series. And it proves beyond a reasonable doubt that Isabel Spellman, no matter how much she matures, will never be able to follow Rule #1: Act Normal.