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Tod Goldberg

@todgoldberg.bsky.social

Crooks. Gangsters. Rabbis. Burned spies. Noir holidays. todgoldberg.com

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I don’t think that word means what you think it means.

25.02.2026 04:41 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We’re taking ONLY WAY OUT on the road!

21.02.2026 04:11 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh shit.

18.02.2026 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 115    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 0
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If I ever disappear in Arizona, please ask the FBI to not leave their used gloves in various ditches and culverts near the crime scene.

16.02.2026 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: Kash Patel just had George Glass's home raided. Suspect arrested. News conference at the top of the hour.

14.02.2026 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bondi was given her orders as to what her priority is.

14.02.2026 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 386    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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This new Spotify feature where it talks shit to you? Not a fan.

12.02.2026 04:14 β€” πŸ‘ 78    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 0

How many people who watched the Melania movie sat in cuck chairs?

04.02.2026 06:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Making It Up with Tod Goldberg, author of Only Way Out

If you would like to take an hour off from this existential hellstorm, this conversation I had on Making It Up was/is entertaining. open.spotify.com/episode/3BKo...

31.01.2026 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today, I was given Savannah Turnbull's Puschart Prize for her poem "Palimpsest" which appeared in the fall 1998 issue of the Crab Boat Quarterly in honor of stopping eight poems from being written.

16.01.2026 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mysteries: β€˜Huguette’ by Cara Black Plus β€œOnly Way Out” by Tod Goldberg and β€œThe Secret Sharers” by Qiu Xiaolong.

Huge thanks to the @wsj.com for this amazing review of Only Way Out! www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

16.01.2026 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tomorrow at 4pm PST/ 7pm EST I'll be joined with my friend, the talented and prodigiously amusing @TodGoldberg.bsky.social, for the Southern California News Group's Bookish podcast featuring my upcoming Orphan X book, ANTIHERO.

Register here:
buff.ly/WfFmzem

15.01.2026 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Interview With an Author: Tod Goldberg Tod Goldberg is the New York Times bestselling author of sixteen novels, including the Gangsterland quartet: Gangsterland, a finalist for the Hammett Prize; Gangster Nation; The Low Desert, a Southwes...

The nice folks at the LAPL grilled me for hours! www.lapl.org/collections-...

15.01.2026 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Your mom is an unlikeable character.

13.01.2026 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm coming over to your house on Friday and I'm bringing @gregghurwitzbooks.bsky.social with me. Take out the good dishes.

12.01.2026 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying."

Warriors coach Steve Kerr was asked about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Here are his full comments:

10.01.2026 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5292    πŸ” 1111    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 100
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A conversation with Tod Goldberg Writing, Vegas, crime: Tod and I talk through it all

Listen in on me and Maria Konnikova talking all things Las Vegas, criminal, and...dyslexic? I promise, it all makes sense. mariakonnikova.substack.com/p/a-conversa...

08.01.2026 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It was just five years ago today when it was revealed to most that those dudes you went to high school with who kept posting lunatic conspiracy theories 24/7 were, in fact, that fucking stupid.

06.01.2026 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When I'm not really paying attention in this Zoom meeting, please know it's not you, it's that I had to quietly weep in bed last night watching Train Dreams.

06.01.2026 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

RIP Tiger, you were a real one.

05.01.2026 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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YouTube video by OrliviaTheCat Jesse James Brady

You're sitting at home, thinking about your favorite historical outlaw, Jesse James. There's a knock on the door and your dad tells you there's someone here to see you. The man at the door is 85 years old. And he wants you to know: Jesse James killed his father: youtu.be/aw55xIGi7-k?...

05.01.2026 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It was just typo on the screen.

05.01.2026 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thing is, turning on a Raider game with no context, this seems like a perfectly reasonable down & distance.

04.01.2026 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Mark Wahlberg has just optioned the amazing story of how one tough American liberated Venezuela's oil from tyranny. The Bostonian will tell the story of an American fighter pilot who stared down an entire country for Exxon's bottom line.

03.01.2026 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Only Way Out: A Novel - Kindle edition by Goldberg, Tod. Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com. Only Way Out: A Novel - Kindle edition by Goldberg, Tod. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while read...

ONLY WAY OUT has been out for a month and I’ve been overwhelmed by the kind response from readers. I’ll be heading out to some festivals and doing some events in 2026. Hope to see you! a.co/d/fCT4agg

02.01.2026 05:03 β€” πŸ‘ 175    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

You know what's gonna be cool? Getting these dipshits out of power this year.

01.01.2026 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I keep meaning to sneak into one of these online book clubs to see what they say about Lee’s porn story…

24.12.2025 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The book The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer centered in the frame. In the background are a silver foil curtain, holiday lights, and white-and-blue holiday decorations. The book cover features an illustration of a couple and Jewish motifs such as a Star of David, a dreidel, and a menorah.

The book The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer centered in the frame. In the background are a silver foil curtain, holiday lights, and white-and-blue holiday decorations. The book cover features an illustration of a couple and Jewish motifs such as a Star of David, a dreidel, and a menorah.

(pictured) Christmas at the Vinyl Cafe
Stuart McLean

Happiest Season
Directed by Clea DuVall

(pictured) It’s a Wonderful Life
Directed by Frank Capra

Murder at Holly House
Denzil Meyrick

(pictured) A Christmas Memory
Truman Capote

The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties
Jesse Q. Sutanto

Christmas with the Queen
Hazel Gaynor

(pictured) The Matzah Ball
Jean Meltzer

The Empty House
Algernon Blackwood

A Holly Jolly Diwali
Sonya Lalli

(pictured) Christmas at the Vinyl Cafe Stuart McLean Happiest Season Directed by Clea DuVall (pictured) It’s a Wonderful Life Directed by Frank Capra Murder at Holly House Denzil Meyrick (pictured) A Christmas Memory Truman Capote The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties Jesse Q. Sutanto Christmas with the Queen Hazel Gaynor (pictured) The Matzah Ball Jean Meltzer The Empty House Algernon Blackwood A Holly Jolly Diwali Sonya Lalli

The book The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto positioned on a table. Also on the table are a Christmas tree and other wooden decorations. The book cover shows six illustrated characters: a young couple in the foreground and four middle-aged aunties in the background.

The book The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto positioned on a table. Also on the table are a Christmas tree and other wooden decorations. The book cover shows six illustrated characters: a young couple in the foreground and four middle-aged aunties in the background.


Three Holidays and a Wedding
Uzma Jalaluddin

Merry Christmas, Baby
Paula L. Woods

(pictured) Midwinter Murder
Agatha Christie

Christmas People
Iva-Marie Palmer

Love You a Latke
Amanda Elliot

Eight Very Bad Nights
Edited by Tod Goldberg

Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas
Lucy Worsley

(pictured) The Holdovers
Directed by Alexander Payne

Christmas Days
Jeanette Winterson

(Also pictured: The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto, and A Holly Jolly Diwali by Sonya Lalli)

Three Holidays and a Wedding Uzma Jalaluddin Merry Christmas, Baby Paula L. Woods (pictured) Midwinter Murder Agatha Christie Christmas People Iva-Marie Palmer Love You a Latke Amanda Elliot Eight Very Bad Nights Edited by Tod Goldberg Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas Lucy Worsley (pictured) The Holdovers Directed by Alexander Payne Christmas Days Jeanette Winterson (Also pictured: The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto, and A Holly Jolly Diwali by Sonya Lalli)

Holiday vibes and winter feels. β„οΈβœ¨

Explore our Season’s Greetings Showcase for festive reads, cozy mysteries, classic films, and stories that reflect many traditions: buff.ly/DXwpFSS

22.12.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The 10 Best Books of 2025 From noir to oral history and speculative fiction, discover 10 standout books defining 2025β€”and revealing the stories reshaping life in the West.

Spoiler: !!! www.altaonline.com/books/g69701...

22.12.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 108    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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President Obama asked me to make my top music picks, too.

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