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The Haight Mystery #0.5
The Ashbury Hideaway
When Marie Spracklin’s old friend Raymond dies in Vietnam in August 1967, she blames the man who advised Ray to enlist – her father, SFPD Lieutenant Jimmy Spracklin. A sixteen-year-old A student, Marie can no longer live under the same roof as her Dad, so she runs away to Haight-Ashbury. She plans to vanish among the thousands of hippies celebrating the Summer of Love.
She soon learns the harsh realities of trying to survive amid addicts, burglars and sexual predators.
With her father patrolling the street in a desperate attempt to find her, she finds the best protection she can – with a novice member of Hells Angels.
The Ashbury Hideaway is a prequel to The Haight Crime Series, a novella that will introduce you to the series' wonderful characters and the circus atmosphere of Haight-Ashbury at its zenith.
She soon learns the harsh realities of trying to survive amid addicts, burglars and sexual predators.
With her father patrolling the street in a desperate attempt to find her, she finds the best protection she can – with a novice member of Hells Angels.
The Ashbury Hideaway is a prequel to The Haight Crime Series, a novella that will introduce you to the series' wonderful characters and the circus atmosphere of Haight-Ashbury at its zenith.
128 pages, Paperback
Published March 31, 2023
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Peter Moreira
21 books25 followersPeter Moreira is the author of The Haight Crime Series, in which Lieut. Jimmy Spracklin investigates crimes in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district in the late 1960s.
The series is the result of Peter’s love affair with Haight-Ashbury, which began when he hitchhiked twice to San Francisco from Vancouver in 1981. He adored the history, the friendly people, the romance of the setting. Throughout his career in journalism – which included postings in Ottawa, Hong Kong, Seoul and London – he kept mulling over the idea of a mystery set in Haight-Ashbury. He wanted to produce what he called a whodunnit with hippies.
As an author, Peter began with non-fiction, starting with Hemingway on the China Front in 2006. After a few non-fiction titles, The Haight was published in 2017 and The Haight Mystery Series was launched. Today it comprises several acclaimed novels, and Peter is always at work on the next one.
The series is the result of Peter’s love affair with Haight-Ashbury, which began when he hitchhiked twice to San Francisco from Vancouver in 1981. He adored the history, the friendly people, the romance of the setting. Throughout his career in journalism – which included postings in Ottawa, Hong Kong, Seoul and London – he kept mulling over the idea of a mystery set in Haight-Ashbury. He wanted to produce what he called a whodunnit with hippies.
As an author, Peter began with non-fiction, starting with Hemingway on the China Front in 2006. After a few non-fiction titles, The Haight was published in 2017 and The Haight Mystery Series was launched. Today it comprises several acclaimed novels, and Peter is always at work on the next one.
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