Description
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg comes an explosive page-turning investigative thriller - with a mind-blowing twist.
Theres a saying in Barstow California a decaying city in the scorching Mojave desert . . .
The Interstate here only goes in one direction: Away.
But its 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 thats not her own . . . until it all smashes together in a revelation that could change the world.
