In the summer of 1973, fifteen-year-old Joe Beck lives in a small Canadian city near the U.S. border where he watches dark-suited politicians lie on TV during something called Watergate. So when his best friend Brian goes missing, Joe has a hard time believing that adults ever tell the truth.
Joe launches his own investigation, using a tape recorder—just like the American president—to help sift through the clues. Joe embarks on a perilous and enlightening journey to decipher a mental institution diary full of secrets about a drug called LSD, and uncover the truth, and save his best friend.
“Compelling”
– Saskatoon StarPhoenix
“Sharp and insightful”
– Winnipeg Free Press”
“On a vividly nostalgic trip through the seventies with all the drugs,
neglectful parenting and adolescent confusion that entails, Terlson
explores themes of trust, sacrifice, and redemption.”
– Goodreads
