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Lynn Austin's new book does not disappoint
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Izzy Spellman works for her family's detective agency. That's a bland way to describe her and her family - which is markedly unusual. Trained in surveillance and spy craft from a young age, they regular spy on each other (and any potential significant others) and use blackmail as a way of getting what they want. But they just might learn the value of trusting those closest to them when the youngest member of the family Rae disappears. The question is - was she kidnapped by one of the Spellman's
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Sort of a more likeable version of THE ROYAL TENNENBAUMS set in San Francisco and at least half the smarm of that film. I get the impression that this was originally a screenplay that didn't sell, and was thus turned into a novel.
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