A Thousand Steps

Laguna Beach, California, 1968.
The Age of Aquarius is in full swing. Timothy Leary is a rock star. LSD is God. Folks from all over are flocking to Laguna, seeking peace, love, and enlightenment.
Sixteen-year-old Matt Anthony is just trying to get by. His mom’s a stoner, his deadbeat dad is a no-show, his brother’s fighting in Nam... and his big sister, Jazz, has just gone missing. The cops figure she’s just another runaway hippie chick, enjoying a summer of love, but Matt doesn’t believe it. Not after another missing girl turns up dead on the beach.
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 Matt to grow up fast. If it’s not already too late.