Secure Finder Of Lost Objects Constructed By Susie Hara Edition

mystery with a bisexual main character, yay, The long passages from the lost book a "Wrinkle in Time" rip off were unnecessary and I mainly skimmed them.
This is a fun and easy read, lighthearted in a California consciousness way, and at the same time with deep layers of metaphor and poignant meaning.
Sadie is a most unconventional sleuth who loves cigarettes and sex and flits between San Francisco and L.
A, looking to solve a mystery that has multiple dimensions and layers of meaning, Is it about a lost book a lost relationship a who done it murder or Sadies quest to find love Its all of these and more.
Delightful characters and a wonderful portrait of an extended Latino family, including mouthwatering descriptions of the Mexican food one of the tias always has available.
The story has great sex scenes and includes a symbolic bookwithinabook, a childrens fantasy story about a lost father.
Sadie García MillerJewish Latina sleuthfinds lost, treasured objects for her clients, but shes not always so good at finding what she herself is missing.
When Grace Valdez walks into Sadies office, it seems like a straightforward enough job: locate Graces brother to find her lost book, a talisman of sorts and a gift from her longdead mamá.
In Sadies hunt for the book, she travels from San Franciscos Mission District to the Latino communities of the Central Valley, and south to Hollywood.
Along the way she discovers an elusive actress, stumbles on a murder investigation, and is besieged by surfacing memories of her unionorganizer fathers death.
As she gropes her way, fueled by her own obsessions, she meets Mollya voluptuous dreamgirl on a motorcycleand reconnects with her old flame Rob, a community activist with killer green eyes.
But when the person she loves most goes missing, she must use her sharpest skills for the most important search of her life.
With the wit and charm of a Raymond Chandler novel, talented author Susie Hara takes the reader on a suspenseful mystery ride that traverses not only San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Bakersfield, but the geography of the heart lost and found connections with those we love and have loved.
When Sadie, the sensual finder of lost objects, is hired to locate a book, something passed down from mother to daughter, we soon realize the object symbolizes much more

than the sum of its pages and can unravel the missteps in an estranged brothersister relationship in a transgender world.
Sadie Garcia Miller, Hara's protagonist, is a bisexual Jewish Latina whose lusty abandon and panicked longing resonate with readers who can appreciate a complex "Who done it" plot laced with rich characters speaking truth to emotional power.
On top of all that, the writing sizzles, "As I went through the door, out of the corner of my eye I caught his gaze, fastened firmly on my ass.
" Loved the candor!
"Finder of Lost Objects" is a characterdriven novel, as Sadie is the force that propels the events and sucks us into her eclectic world.
Her memories and questions about her past mesh well with the flow of the mystery, I'd sum her up as a curious observer who sits just at the sidelines of mainstream life, and it's from that position that the quirky bits of the story flourish.


Sadie demonstrates tenacity and daring choices regarding the search for the lost book cleverness in dealing with the different personalities who help cover up or reveal the mystery confidence with one lover and crazy nervousness with another and love and admiration for her family and friends to the point of selfsacrifice.
She needs to appreciate herself as well as most everyone else doesincluding the reader,

Minor characters were welldrawnout and presented a nice balance of lovable and fun, versus threats to the balance in Sadie's world.
I liked the realistic mix of ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender identity, political activism, religion, and traditionalist values among the characters.
As a foodie, my mouth watered at the references to the melting pot of Sadie's comfort food, too.


There is romance, with both sweet scenes and hot attraction, including nonexplicit sexuality, Readers sensitive to samesex matches may want to skip one brief scene,

The "bad guy" was truly bad, My one disappointment was that I wish the person would have played a slightly larger role, instead of being a convenient villain plucked from the sidelines.
This part of the story was one of many scenes with dramatic tension, so it's not a huge complaint in the big picture.


The Young Adult storywithinastory was one of the best parts of the novel, The secondary story scenes were doled out with precision, keeping the reader absorbed in the novel as they wondered where this was going.
The climax of each was a perfect match, and left the reader with a huge gasp on both counts.


The majority of the novel is in first person, from Sadie's point of view, and it works well.
The secondary story is narrative, A few short chapters from Grace's point of view, in third person, threw me for a loop at first.
Yet, I think the writer chose well in using them for certain exposé, and was frugal in changing to this POV, so it worked in the end.


The first half of this novel was a bit slower than the second, which took off and became a can'tputdown obsession for me.
The mystery itself is light, yet it's not predictable, It's the rest of the story that's complex,

I'd recommend "Finder of Lost Objects" to anyone who likes dramatic fiction with a strong female protagonist.
You don't have to be a mystery reader to love it, nor a romance reader, But if you love stories of the tapestry of life, you'll find it here, I hope Susie Hara has more novels in the future, as she's a gifted story teller, I loved this book. The story got moving from page one when Grace Valdez "blows across town" into the office of Sadie Garcia Miller, the "finder" of the title.
Of course she has a mission for Sadie, a totally winning character who it always a delight to spend time with as she goes up and down California on her quest.


This book has all the strong characters and compelling story you could ask for, but for me a hugely welcome bonus was its setting in San Francisco, specifically the Mission.
Every bit of it rings true, I don't often get to read books set in neighborhoods I've lived in, so that was quite a treat.
I look forward to the sequel, which I hear is in the works! Can't wait, Thank you for visiting my page, and welcome, About my background I started out as a sometimes writer, dancer, and actor, In between I had day jobs in publishing and technical writing, For several years I wrote and performed theater pieces at the Z Space in San Francisco, Once I turned my hand to writing fiction, I never looked back, My first novel, Finder of Lost Objects Ithuriels Spear Press, was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award and recipient of an International Latino Book Award.
A member of the Castro Writers Cooperative, I live and write in San Francisco, where Im currently at work on my second novel.
Thank you for visiting my page, and welcome, About my background I started out as a sometimes writer, dancer, and actor, In between I had day jobs in publishing and technical writing, For several years I wrote and performed theater pieces at the Z Space in San Francisco, Once I turned my hand to writing fiction, I never looked back, My first novel, Finder of Lost Objects Ithuriels Spear Press, was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award and recipient of an International Latino Book Award.
A member of the Castro Writers Cooperative, I live and write in San Francisco, where I'm currently at work on my second novel.
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