Calico

(Hardback, Large Print Edition)

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg, comes an explosive, page-turning investigative thriller - with a mind-blowing twist.

There's a saying in Barstow, California, a decaying city in the scorching Mojave desert . . .

The Interstate here only goes in one direction: Away.

But it's the only place where ex-LAPD detective Beth McDade, after a staggering fall from grace, could get another badge . . . and a shot at redemption.

Over a century ago, and just a few miles further into the bleak landscape, a desperate stranger ended up in Calico, a struggling mining town, also hoping for a second chance.

His fate, all those years ago, and hers today are linked when Beth investigates an old skeleton dug up in a shallow, sandy grave . . . and also tries to identify a vagrant run-over by a distracted motorhome driver during a lightning storm.

Every disturbing clue she finds, every shocking discovery she makes, force Beth to confront her own troubled past . . . and a past that's not her own . . . until it all smashes together in a revelation that could change the world.

Reviews

In Calico, Lee Goldberg seamlessly blends a present-day police procedural with a Western from the 1880s. The results are a genre-bending, gripping read * #1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben *
A superb twin-track thriller featuring constant intrigue and a huge secret - could be Lee Goldberg's best ever * #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child *
A mind-bending thriller unlike anything I have read before. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough * New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay *
If you have time for only one mystery, one Western, and one SF this year, this will ding all three targets * Kirkus Reviews *
Goldberg's plots are always first-rate, but this one is especially suspenseful and surprising * Booklist *
An entertaining story * Library Journal *
Impeccably crafted entertainment * The Times *
Goldberg interweaves two storylines into a remarkably unconventional crime novel that is warm, thrilling, and fun to read * Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine *
A riveting mystery. . .Goldberg expertly paces the narrative, ensuring continuous engagement until the thrilling conclusion * Mystery & Suspense Magazine *
Goldberg has crafted is a page-turning novel that has surprises up to the final page. Calico is arguably one of his best * FirstCLUE *

Author Bio

Lee Goldberg is a two-time Edgar Award and Shamus Award nominee and #1 New York Times bestselling author of novels including Lost Hills, the Ian Ludlow trilogy, fifteen Monk mysteries, and five internationally bestselling Fox & O'Hare books co-written with Janet Evanovich.