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Tod Goldberg @todgoldberg.bsky.social · 1d

I am delighted to tell you that ONLY WAY OUT is a November Amazon First Reads selection! Prime members can get the ebook for FREE for the entire month while everyone else can get it for just $1.99, a month before the book -- in all forms -- is available everywhere. a.co/d/b30D4nQ

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Tod Goldberg @todgoldberg.bsky.social · 1d

I've been doing a bunch of pre-media for Only Way Out and I keep getting asked a variation of: How did you get like...this? A few years ago I wrote this essay for @crimereads.bsky.social to explain it in granular detail. crimereads.com/the-killer-o...

The Killer Outside Me: Living Life In Close Proximity To A Bizarre Series of Accidents, Murders, and Tragedies

How’d you get like this? * One night, I’m talking to my three older siblings—Linda, Karen, and Lee—about our proximity to heinous crimes and mysterious deaths over the years. We talk about our neig…

crimereads.com

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Tod Goldberg @todgoldberg.bsky.social · 2d

You’re cordially invited:

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Tod Goldberg @todgoldberg.bsky.social · Oct 1

Here I am hanging with my homie Justice Sotomayor.

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Tod Goldberg @todgoldberg.bsky.social · Sep 23

If the Rapture comes tomorrow please know that I always meant to post things here.

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Lee Goldberg @leegoldberg.bsky.social · Aug 29

Kudos to my brother @todgoldberg.bsky.social on the STARRED Kirkus review for ONLY WAY OUT!

"Goldberg does an uncanny job of keeping multiple plot elements in the air with cutting humor. Internecine noir, done just right."

www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

ONLY WAY OUT | Kirkus Reviews

A scuffling Seattle lawyer’s scheme to abscond with his firm’s safe deposit boxes has deadly consequences.

www.kirkusreviews.com

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Lee Goldberg @leegoldberg.bsky.social · Aug 21

Congrats to my brother @todgoldberg.bsky.social on the great @publisherswkly.bsky.social review for ONLY WAY OUT.

"With comic flair, shocking violence, & a capacity for surprise, this recalls the noir-tinged films of the Coen brothers."
www.publishersweekly.com/9781662534089

Only Way Out by Tod Goldberg

Goldberg (the Gangsterland series) riffs on a familiar setup in this twisty and inventive crime thriller. Unscrupulous Oregon co...

www.publishersweekly.com

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Tod Goldberg @todgoldberg.bsky.social · Jun 10

Incredibly moving essay from Heather Scott Partington in Alta: www.altaonline.com/california-b... Through the Lens of Solastalgia

Through the Lens of Solastalgia

Critic Heather Scott Partington writes about Manjula Martin’s The Last Fire Season and the loss of Partington’s grandfather during the LNU Lightning Complex Fires.

www.altaonline.com

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Tod Goldberg @todgoldberg.bsky.social · Jun 10

You’re late but kind. 😂

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Tod Goldberg @todgoldberg.bsky.social · Jun 1

I’m of the opinion that Ivy Pochoda is one of the best crime writers alive, so this makes me very happy.

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Tod Goldberg @todgoldberg.bsky.social · May 30

Sometimes, an email arrives and you just know, intuitively, someone’s about to reply-all.

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Tod Goldberg @todgoldberg.bsky.social · May 29

Elon Musk has announced he’s leaving the Trump administration to spend more time in his lair deep inside a hollowed out volcano.

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Tod Goldberg @todgoldberg.bsky.social · May 26

POV: The front seat of your dad’s Gran Torino, 1976, six months after the divorce, when he tells you about his new special lady in the parking lot of Farrell’s.

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Tod Goldberg @todgoldberg.bsky.social · May 22

That sounds like a lot. Just tell them Michael saves the day.

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Tod Goldberg @todgoldberg.bsky.social · May 21

I’m doing a talk at a library tonight about a book I wrote 13 years ago. If I am asked anything other than about the basic plot, I am unlikely to know the answer. And yet I know all the lyrics to every Jason Isbell song produced in that same period. This means something. I don’t know what.

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Tod Goldberg @todgoldberg.bsky.social · May 8

The only pope I recognize is the one from Greenwich Village.

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Tod Goldberg @todgoldberg.bsky.social · May 1

I promise that when I die, you will not receive any more notes on your pages. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

BBC harnesses AI to create writing classes given by Agatha Christie

Videos will share author’s tips on everything from story structure and plot twists to the art of suspense

www.theguardian.com

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Tod Goldberg @todgoldberg.bsky.social · Apr 25

May critique my MFA students like they’re in the NFL draft: Suzy is a great novelist, all the intangibles, but her short arms were a real problem at AWP. Her use of adverbs in dialog tags? That’s teachable but you gotta wonder if she’s even aware of it. 5 years, this could be an Aimee Bender-type.

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Tod Goldberg @todgoldberg.bsky.social · Apr 24

In line at the Target closest to Stagecoach. Three women in cowboy hats put cases of White Claw on the conveyor belt. Dude in a trucker cap is between us.
Dude, whistles, then: Females love White Claw.
Woman 1: We need it to deal with men like you.
And that’s why shopping in person is edifying.

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Tod Goldberg @todgoldberg.bsky.social · Apr 22

My brother @leegoldberg.bsky.social's new novel Hidden in Smoke drops today! a.co/d/izgslhj

Amazon.com

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Tod Goldberg @todgoldberg.bsky.social · Apr 22

Trump signs new Executive Order making the singing of "Pancho and Lefty" illegal as it provides material support for a criminal gang.

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Tod Goldberg @todgoldberg.bsky.social · Apr 22

BREAKING: Pete Hegseth sent an Evite to the entire Sigma Chi mailing list.

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Tod Goldberg @todgoldberg.bsky.social · Apr 21

He’s a hillbilly. He’s a hitman. He’s the Vice President. Sunday nights at 8pm on FX.

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Tod Goldberg @todgoldberg.bsky.social · Apr 21

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Tod Goldberg @todgoldberg.bsky.social · Apr 20

What are you doing next weekend? You're coming to see me at the LA Times Festival of Books!

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