California Girl (Paperback)
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Description
The Orange County, California, that the Becker brothers knew as boys is no more—unrecognizably altered since the afternoon in 1954 when Nick, Clay, David, and Andy rumbled with the lowlife Vonns, while five-year-old Janelle Vonn watched from the sidelines. The new decade has ushered in the era of Johnson, hippies, John Birchers, and LSD. Clay becomes a casualty of a far-off jungle war. Nick becomes a cop, Andy a reporter, David a minister. And a terrible crime touches them all in ways they could never have anticipated when the mutilated corpse of teenage beauty queen Janelle Vonn is discovered in an abandoned warehouse.
About the Author
T. Jefferson Parker won an Edgar Award for California Girl and received the Edgar and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for his novel Silent Joe. His other novels include Cold Pursuit, The Fallen, and Storm Runners. Mr. Parker lives in Fallbrook, California.
Praise for California Girl…
“California Girl is wound tight as a spring and filled with characters you won’t soon forget. Parker is superb.”
-Janet Evanovich, #1 New York Times bestselling author of TEN BIG
“Grabs the reader in a stranglehold of poignancy and suspense that doesn’t let up until the final page.”
-New Mystery Reader
“A piercing piece of storytelling.”
-Reviewing The Evidence
“The book is a gripping, atmospheric saga…wonderfully evokes its time and place. California Girl is an unforgettable book.”
-Wall Street Journal
“Visceral.”
-New York Times
“Drum-tight prose and richly layered characters.”
-Entertainment Weekly
“A man much praised doesn’t need more encomiums; but T. Jefferson Parker deserves all he gets.”
-Los Angeles Times
“Love, lust, murder, betrayal…brilliant.”
-Kirkus Reviews
“One of the most entertaining tough-guy writers.”
-Esquire
“Evocative. Delicately crafted.”
-Orlando Sentinel
“Fascinating.”
-Wichita Falls, TX, Times Record News
“Intricately plotted.”
-Publishers Weekly
