Three-time Edgar Award-winner T. Jefferson Parker will release his latest novel “A Thousand Steps,” which paints the nostalgic scene of Laguna Beach in 1968, on Jan. 11.
The New York Times best-selling author’s novel is a beguiling thriller, an incisive coming-of-age story, and a vivid portrait of a turbulent but beloved time and place.
The main character Matt Antony is 16, broke, and never sure where his next meal is coming from. His mom’s a stoner, his deadbeat dad is a no-show, and his brother is fighting in Vietnam and his sister Jazz has just gone missing.
The police figure she’s just another runaway hippie, enjoying a summer of love, but Matt doesn’t believe it, especially after another missing girl turns up dead on the beach.
