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
Wow! I honestly don't know what I was expecting from this book, but I definitely don't think it was what we got! It was just incredible; I just couldn't put it down. It hooked me in fairly quickly and kept me gripped throughout. It's a dual-time storyline but is brilliantly done.
I liked our main character Beth. She seems like she is not perfect by any means, but she is definitely determined, even with the military telling her to back off! I think one of the things that I liked most about her is that she was open to different theories, and that was something that was needed in this book.
I loved the Calico scenes and the way that everything was described really well. I felt that it just added to the book, as it could have been easy to skim over some of the smaller details of Calico and how life was then, but it didn't. I honestly think it was brilliant, and the characters' awareness in Calico just added to it.
You can grab a copy here #Aff (If you buy a copy through this link I get a teeny commission of the sale from Amazon)
Huge Thanks to Random Things Tours, Lee Goldberg and Severn House for my place on the blog tour.
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