![]() ![]() Set in Laguna Beach during the late sixties, this novel follows a teenage Matt Antony as he searches for his older sister, Jasmine, aka, Jazz, who has suddenly vanished. ![]() But in a town where the cops don't trust the hippies and the hippies don't trust the cops, uncovering what's really happened to Jazz is going to force him to grow up fast.Ī Thousand Steps by T Jefferson Parker is a 2022 Forge Books publication. Not after another missing girl turns up dead on the beach.Īll Matt really wants to do is get his driver's license and ask out the girl he's been crushing on since fourth grade, yet it's up to him to find his sister. The cops figure she's just another runaway hippie chick, enjoying a summer of love, but Matt doesn't believe it. and his big sister Jazz has just gone missing. Mom's a stoner, his deadbeat dad is a no-show, his brother's fighting in Nam. Matt is sixteen, broke, and never sure where his next meal is coming from. Folks from all over are flocking to Laguna, seeking peace, love, and enlightenment. A Thousand Steps is a gripping thriller, an incisive coming-of-age story, and a vivid portrait of turbulent time and place by three-time Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling author T. ![]()
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