num_pages: 396
description: The times, they are a-changin' . . .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 brought about the end of the orange groves and the birth of suburban sprawl. It is 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 the decapitated corpse of teenage beauty queen Janelle Vonn is discovered in an abandoned warehouse.A hideous crime has touched the Beckers in ways that none of them could have anticipated, setting three brothers on a dangerous collision course that will change their family -- and their world -- forever.And no one will emerge from the wreckage unscathed.--back cover
language: English
title: California Girl
titlecomplete: California Girl
characters: Clay Becker, Nick Becker, Andy Becker, David Becker, Janelle Vonn
genres: American, Mystery, Adult, Police, Adult Fiction, Suspense, Thriller, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 2012
places: Orange County, California, California, San Clemente, California
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Macavity Award
category: Best Mystery Novel, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Hammett Prize, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Gumshoe Award
category: Best Mystery, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: HarperTorch