Calico Author Surname:Goldberg The government's security department have

The government's security department have asked private detective Nigel Strangeways to keep a discreet eye on Professor Alfred Wagley

opening them onto the city's tainted side

It seems she was looking out of the window when her mother was attacked

a spendthrift heir

Calico Author Surname:Goldberg The government's security department haveWhen chef Owen Slader vanishes driving through the Mojave desert, the case is assigned to disgraced former LAPD detective Beth McDade. Beth might be searching for a way out, but all roads lead to local ruins known as Calico Ghost Town . . . and to a conclusion that will shake not just her entire existence, but will unbalance the world.