I have many series on my shelves which I haven’t even dipped into yet, and I am certain I will keep adding more. Although I do enjoy the stand alone novel, I especially love a series. I enjoy getting to know the characters further than just one book allows and the characters become my friends – to escape into their world just for a little while is a real pleasure. Once a month I will be spotlighting a series, just so we can add more books to our ever growing TBR piles 
This Month’s Series Spotlight: ‘The Spellmans‘ by Lisa Lutz
(UK Covers, Published by Simon & Schuster)
The Spellman Files (Book #1)
Summary
Izzy Spellman is 28, single and works for Spellman Investigations, a family-run private detective agency. She might have a chequered past littered with romantic mistakes – but at least she’s good at her job. Invading people’s privacy comes naturally. To the whole family. To be a Spellman is to snoop on a Spellman; tail a Spellman; dig up dirt on, blackmail and wiretap a Spellman. But when Izzy’s parents hire her 14-year-old sister to discover the identity of her new boyfriend, Izzy decides she wants out. Before they’ll let her go, her parents ask her to solve one last case – a 15-year-old, ice-cold, missing person, impossible-to-solve case. But when a disappearance occurs far closer to home, Izzy’s Impossible Case becomes the most important of her life. (Amazon)
Curse of the Spellmans (Book #2)
Summary
When private investigator Izzy Spellman is arrested for the fourth time in three months, she writes it off as an occupational hazard. She’s been keeping surveillance on her new next-door neighbour (suspect’s name: John Brown), convinced he’s up to no good – even if Spellman Investigations management (Izzy’s parents) disagree. When the displeased management refuse to bail her out, it’s Morty, Izzy’s octogenarian lawyer, who comes to her rescue. But before he can build a defence, he has to know the facts. Over weak coffee and pastrami sandwiches, Izzy unveils the whole truth and nothing but the truth – as only she, a licensed 30-year-old professional, can. (Amazon)
Revenge of the Spellmans (Book #3)
Summary
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.
The Spellmans Strike Again (Book #4)
Summary
At the ripe old age of thirty-two, former wild child Isabel “Izzy” Spellman has finally agreed to take over the family detective business. The transition won’t be smooth. First among her priorities as head of Spellman Investigations is to dig up some dirt on the competition, slippery ex-cop Rick Harkey. Next, faced with a puzzling missing-person’s case she recruits an actor friend, Len, to infiltrate the home of an ageing millionaire as an undercover butler. Meanwhile, Izzy is being blackmailed by her mother to commit to regular blind dates with promising professionals – an arrangement that doesn’t thrill Connor, Izzy’s soon to become Ex-boyfriend No. 12. At Spellman headquarters, it’s business as unusual. Doorknobs and light fixtures are disappearing every day, Mom’s been spotted crying in the pantry and just when it looks like things can’t go more haywire, little sister Rae’s internship researching pro bono legal cases leads the youngest Spellman to launch a campaign that could spring an innocent man from jail – or land Rae in it. It just goes to show, however many Spellman Family Rules are put in place in an attempt to hold the family together, Izzy will never be able to follow Rule No. 1: Act Normal.
It looks as though there will be a fifth Spellmans book, but no release date has been given.
US Covers
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Thanks for pointing out this series, not a series I would have picked for myself but after reading the blurbs might have to add them to my endless list.
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I really like the UK covers much better…..
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I really like the new covers for the series.
Jennifer (An Abundance of Books)
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I already have these on my tbr list from your previous recommendation & I'm planning to read The Spellman Files this year
I love reading series, so I'm looking forward to the other series spotlights posts 
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I adore this series! I've been following the Spellman's since the first book as the cover attracted me in the shop (So cute!). A great combonation of mystery, fun and whacky characters – more people should definitely read them!
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I really should get a copy of the 4th book very soon. I love the series too!
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I picked up the first in this series a few months back. I was first drawn in by the cover- there was a newspaper on the front with cut outs for the next page that was full of "spy eyes". But the series sounded fun and fresh and thought I would give it a try.
Thanks for highlighting these!
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BLHMistress – I've read the first book in the series and I gave it 9/10 – it's just such a fun read and hilarious. The characters are fab – would definitely recommend it
JulieP – I like the UK covers too, although the dog has nothing to do with the story (well, in book #1 which is the only one I've read so far – maybe he pops up in later instalments)
Jennifer – I really like the UK covers, the scream "fun" to me which is why I wanted to read the series in the first place. Not sure I would have picked them up if the US covers were in UK bookshops…
Aleksandra – I love reading series too so I'm pleased you are looking forward to more "Series Spotlight" posts. I hope you enjoy "The Spellman Files" as much as I did – let me know
Mel – I agree, great combination of fun and mystery with a good dose of mayhem thrown in LOL I will be reading book #2 very soon!
Darlyn – I'm hoping to read the second book in the series soon!
Suzanne – I've only read book #1, 'The Spellman Files' and I loved it, hoping to read book #2 very soon. Hope you enjoy the series
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I think you already know this, but I read The Spellman Files last year and loved it! So much in fact, that I bought the second book for myself as well as book 1 and 2 as a birthday gift for my friend. Curse of the Spellmans is next on my TBR list.
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LOVE the Spellmans! Lutz is brilliant. I'm in the middle of book three now.
Those UK covers are so much more appealing, but in the US, nothing with girly cartoons is allowed, lest some reviewer curse the book with the dreaded "chick lit" label. The fact that a lot of actual book buyers love smart chick lit is irrelevant…
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