VERA KELLY: LOST AND FOUND Vera Kelly, Book 3

Elisabeth Rodgers is a talented narrator who is highly suited to portraying the strong and resourceful private detective and lesbian Vera Kelly. In this third novel of the series featuring this outspoken but tenderhearted heroine, listeners follow Vera and her female lover, Max, to California, where Max confronts her wealthy family who have disowned her because of her sexual orientation. This work of LGBTQ+ fiction takes place in the 1970s, when cultural values, societal expectations, and technology were very different. Max goes missing, and Vera's search for her is more complicated than it would be today. Rodgers's crisp and perceptive narration engenders suspense as Vera struggles to rescue the woman she loves. Rodgers gives all the characters in the story vivid, distinctive personalities. D.L.G. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2022]