From the #1 New York Times bestselling author
BUCKLE UP FOR THE TWISTIEST THRILLER YOU WILL READ THIS YEAR.
'A genre-bending, gripping read' — Harlan Coben
'A mind-bending thriller unlike anything I have read before' — Linwood Barclay
'Could be Lee Goldberg's best ever' — Lee Child
'I guarantee you've never read a crime novel like it. The X Files meets Deadwood. Totally gripping' — Ian Rankin
A man walks into the path of an oncoming motor home in the Mojave Desert.
He's dressed like an 1880s miner. His bones are over a hundred years old.
Welcome to Barstow.
Detective Beth McDade was an LAPD homicide cop until she wasn't. Now she's working the graveyard shift in a town nobody chooses, and she has a body in Yermo she can't explain. The security camera caught the dead man running into traffic seconds after a flash of lightning that wasn't really lightning, more like something tearing a hole in the sky.
Days later, an LA food blogger vanishes off the same stretch of Interstate 15. The last footage of him alive shows him buying beef jerky at a gas station up the road.
When his skeleton turns up — a hundred years in the ground — and the dental records match the man on camera, Beth realises something out there in the desert is moving people through time.
And it's been doing it for a very long time.
Praise for Calico
'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
'A remarkably unconventional crime novel that is warm, thrilling, and fun to read' — Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
'A cleverly complex plot wreathed in Goldberg's brilliant humour makes this a rocket-paced story' — Historical Novels Review (Editors' Choice)
'A double-barrelled blast, melding the tense, edge-of-your-seat contemporary police procedural with a gritty 1880s Wild West tale' — The Roundup
Genre: Mystery
BUCKLE UP FOR THE TWISTIEST THRILLER YOU WILL READ THIS YEAR.
'A genre-bending, gripping read' — Harlan Coben
'A mind-bending thriller unlike anything I have read before' — Linwood Barclay
'Could be Lee Goldberg's best ever' — Lee Child
'I guarantee you've never read a crime novel like it. The X Files meets Deadwood. Totally gripping' — Ian Rankin
A man walks into the path of an oncoming motor home in the Mojave Desert.
He's dressed like an 1880s miner. His bones are over a hundred years old.
Welcome to Barstow.
Detective Beth McDade was an LAPD homicide cop until she wasn't. Now she's working the graveyard shift in a town nobody chooses, and she has a body in Yermo she can't explain. The security camera caught the dead man running into traffic seconds after a flash of lightning that wasn't really lightning, more like something tearing a hole in the sky.
Days later, an LA food blogger vanishes off the same stretch of Interstate 15. The last footage of him alive shows him buying beef jerky at a gas station up the road.
When his skeleton turns up — a hundred years in the ground — and the dental records match the man on camera, Beth realises something out there in the desert is moving people through time.
And it's been doing it for a very long time.
Praise for Calico
'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
'A remarkably unconventional crime novel that is warm, thrilling, and fun to read' — Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
'A cleverly complex plot wreathed in Goldberg's brilliant humour makes this a rocket-paced story' — Historical Novels Review (Editors' Choice)
'A double-barrelled blast, melding the tense, edge-of-your-seat contemporary police procedural with a gritty 1880s Wild West tale' — The Roundup
Genre: Mystery
Praise for this book
"Lee Goldberg delivers with the unapologetically savvy Beth McDade, a detective unafraid of following the dead bodies and the mystery surrounding them. Calico couples history with good old fashioned detective work." - Yasmin Angoe
"A mind-bending thriller unlike anything I have read before. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough." - Linwood Barclay
"A two-fisted western mystery with a compelling heroine in Beth McDade. If you like the Yellowstone series and its spinoffs, you'll love Calico!" - Peter Brandvold
"A superb twin-track thriller featuring constant intrigue and a huge secret - could be Lee Goldberg's best ever." - Lee Child
"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." - Harlan Coben
"A tour de force of a novel. The authenticity is overwhelming, the writing is taut, and the mystery is thoroughly engrossing." - James Robert Daniels
"One of the most compelling novels I've read in a long time. Great characters, a vivid historical setting, and intriguing plot twists had me staying up late to finish it. Goldberg always delivers the goods, and Calico is something special." - James Reasoner
"Calico is stunningly original - a magical mixture of a murder mystery and an old-fashioned Western, set in the California desert. It's also a heartwarming, epic story of one family that spans the centuries. Read it today - you won't soon forget it!" - Matt Witten
"A mind-bending thriller unlike anything I have read before. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough." - Linwood Barclay
"A two-fisted western mystery with a compelling heroine in Beth McDade. If you like the Yellowstone series and its spinoffs, you'll love Calico!" - Peter Brandvold
"A superb twin-track thriller featuring constant intrigue and a huge secret - could be Lee Goldberg's best ever." - Lee Child
"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." - Harlan Coben
"A tour de force of a novel. The authenticity is overwhelming, the writing is taut, and the mystery is thoroughly engrossing." - James Robert Daniels
"One of the most compelling novels I've read in a long time. Great characters, a vivid historical setting, and intriguing plot twists had me staying up late to finish it. Goldberg always delivers the goods, and Calico is something special." - James Reasoner
"Calico is stunningly original - a magical mixture of a murder mystery and an old-fashioned Western, set in the California desert. It's also a heartwarming, epic story of one family that spans the centuries. Read it today - you won't soon forget it!" - Matt Witten
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