“Curse of the Spellmans”   by Lisa Lutz

Review #55

Licensed P.I. Isabel "Izzy" Spellman has been arrested for the fourth time in two months, and no one from her oddball family of fellow investigators will bail her out. This is the second “Spellman” book and Isabel is having the usual troubles with her kin. Her father seems to be in the midst of another “REAFO” (retirement age freak-out, not to be confused with “MILFO”, the midlife version); her mother has been leaving the house in the wee hours to vandalize some poor soul's motorcycle; and her teenage sister, Rae, ‘accidentally’ runs over her middle-aged “best friend“, SFPD inspector Henry Stone, in the midst of a driving lesson.

Then there's new neighbor, "Subject" (aka John Brown), a new next-door neighbor who Isabel is convinced has an evil secret she must expose, even if it means losing her PI license. (Hence, the arrests!) Adding further hilarity is "The Stone and Spellman Show", transcripts of recordings revealing sister Rae's antics. (Per her mother’s instructions.)

This is a soap-opera and sitcom in book form. I laughed out loud all the way through it!