num_pages: 370
description: A different world then, a different world now ... California in the 1960s, and the winds of change are raging. Orange groves uprooted for tract houses, people flooding into Orange County, strange new ideas in the air about war, music, sex, and drugs, and new influences, ranging from Richard Nixon to Timothy Leary. For the Becker brothers, however, the past is always present -- and it comes crashing back full force when the body of the lovely and mysterious Janelle Vonn is discovered in an abandoned orange-packing plant. The Beckers and the Vonns have a history, beginning years ago in high school with a rumble between the brothers of each clan. But boys grow up. Now one Becker brother is a cop on his first homicide case. One's a minister yearning to perform just one miracle. One is a reporter drunk with ambition. And all three are about to collide with the changing world of 1968 as each brother, in his own unique way, tries to find Janelle's killer. As suspects multiply and secrets are exposed, the three Becker brothers are drawn further into the case, deeper into the past, and closer to danger.
language: English
title: California Girl
titlecomplete: California Girl
characters: Andy Becker, Clay Becker, Nick Becker, David Becker, Janelle Vonn
genres: Fiction, American, Mystery, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Police, Adult, Adult Fiction, Crime, Suspense
ratings_count: 2012
places: San Clemente, California, California, Orange County, 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: William Morrow