Joe Beernink

Monthly Archives: September 2011

I turned 40 last month. It felt different than turning 20, or 30, or even 39 for that matter. Perhaps it was that I was still recovering from dislocating my shoulder the week before, and my body still hurt. Maybe it’s a normal thing for guys my age. Forty is a bit of a milestone, after all. Some men see it as a perfect time to manufacture a mid-life crisis. If I… Read More

The Spellmans Strike Again is the fourth book in the Spellman Series by Lisa Lutz. If you haven’t read the first three, I recommend doing so, probably before you read this one. The Spellmans are a family of private investigators in San Francisco. Or rather, the parents, Olivia and Albert are retiring as private investigators, and handing the business over to one of their daughters – Isabelle. Izzy has been a bit… Read More