SFPD Lieut. Jimmy Spracklin had never believed that peace and love reigned supreme in Haight-Ashbury. He didn’t buy it when his teenage daughter Marie ran away to the hippie enclave in 1967. And he wasn’t buying it 10 months later, when investigating the murder of an artist called John Blakely. If anything, The Haight was more dangerous than ever because the growing popularity of heroin was generating more violence. As well as catching a killer, Spracklin had to find Marie before she became the next victim. The Haight will transport you back to San Francisco in the late 1960s, to the hippies, the rock bands, the artists, the anti-war protests. Filled with surprising twists and characters who readers love, this electrifying story launches The Haight Mystery Series, which chronicles Spracklin’s investigations at the height of the hippie era.
SFPD Lieut. Jimmy Spracklin had never believed that peace and love reigned supreme in Haight-Ashbury. He didn’t buy it when his teenage daughter Marie ran away to the hippie enclave in 1967. And he wasn’t buying it 10 months later, when investigating the murder of an artist called John Blakely. If anything, The Haight was more dangerous than ever because the growing popularity of heroin was generating more violence. As well as catching a killer, Spracklin had to find Marie before she became the next victim. The Haight will transport you back to San Francisco in the late 1960s, to the hippies, the rock bands, the artists, the anti-war protests. Filled with surprising twists and characters who readers love, this electrifying story launches The Haight Mystery Series, which chronicles Spracklin’s investigations at the height of the hippie era.