“Goldberg returns to the wildfire he memorably chronicled in Lost Hills (2020) from a strikingly new angle….A businesslike thriller that shows how rewarding it can be to revisit the same story from a new point of view.” – Kirkus Reviews Ace Atkins, New York Times bestselling author of Robert B. Elmore Leonard and Donald Westlake would’ve loved this wild heist.” “An inventive, twisty, and funny caper from one of crime writing’s true pros. “A fast-paced, over-the-top caper that entertains while keeping readers guessing.” Library Journal, STARRED review. Megan Abbott, Edgar Award, Anthony Award, Thriller Award, & Los Angeles Times Book Prize winning author of The Turnout “By turns, tense and rambunctious, wildly entertaining and breakneck-paced, Lee Goldberg’s splendid Malibu Burning is pure storytelling pleasure from beginning to end.”

The result is as explosive as a wildfire.” Publishers Weekly “Goldberg’s well-drawn characters will keep readers rooting for both crooks and cops, and he hangs everyone’s fates on a clever, complicated con.

Mark Greaney, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of the Gray Man series Superbly researched and told, fast-paced, and downright fun, this is Lee Goldberg at his best!” “Malibu Burning is a blistering thrill ride full of Southern California thieves, cops, and firefighters, all facing high stakes and imminent danger. But when they meet in a canyon of fire, everything changes, pitting them all against an unexpected enemy within an inescapable inferno. Veteran arson investigator Walter Sharpe and his new, wild-card partner Andy Walker, a former US Marshal, suspect that the massive blazes were intentionally set, a terrifying means to an unknown end.Īs the blazes rage out-of-control, Danny pursues his brilliant scheme, unaware Sharpe and Walker are closing in. Soon the most devastating firestorms in Los Angeles history scorch the earth, setting Malibu aflame. A tsunami of fire is exactly what he needs to pull off a daring crime and avenge a fallen friend. Master thief Danny Cole longs for the flames. It rides in on searing Santa Ana winds blasting at near hurricane force, igniting voracious wildfires. Hell comes to Southern California every October. For a professional criminal and a relentless arson investigator, fear and revenge spread like wildfire in an incendiary thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg.

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