A Thousand Steps

A Thousand Steps is a gripping thriller,an incisive coming-of-age storyand a vivid portrait of turbulent time and place by three-time Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling author T. Jefferson Parker. Laguna BeachCalifornia1968. The Age of Aquarius is in full swing. Timothy Leary is a rock star. LSD is God. Folks from all over are flocking to Lagunaseeking peaceloveand enlightenment. Matt Antony is just trying get by. Matt is sixteenbrokeand never sure where his next meal is coming from. MomΓÇÖs a stonerhis deadbeat dad is a no-showhis brotherΓÇÖs fighting in Nam . . . and his big sister Jazz has just gone missing. The cops figure sheΓÇÖs just another runaway hippie chickenjoying a summer of lovebut Matt doesnΓÇÖt believe it. Not after another missing girl turns up dead on the beach. All Matt really wants to do is get his driverΓÇÖs license and ask out the girl heΓÇÖs been crushing on since fourth gradeyet itΓÇÖs up to him to find his sister. But in a town where the cops donΓÇÖt trust the hippies and the hippies donΓÇÖt trust the copsuncovering whatΓÇÖs really happened to Jazz is going to force him to grow up fast. If itΓÇÖs not already too late.