{"id":40737,"date":"2026-08-21T11:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T11:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/?p=40737"},"modified":"2026-08-21T11:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T11:02:09","slug":"no-forwarding-address-by-elisabeth-bowers-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/no-forwarding-address-by-elisabeth-bowers-4\/","title":{"rendered":"No Forwarding Address by Elisabeth Bowers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px;\">\r\n\r\nMeg Lacey is a divorced mother and hard-working private investigator navigating the gritty streets of Vancouver, British Columbia. When she is hired by a frantic client to locate a sister who has vanished with her young son, a seemingly straightforward missing-persons case quickly spirals into a dark, dangerous web of murder and systemic neglect. 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