{"title":"Tod Goldberg","description":"Tod Goldberg is the New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen books, including the award-winning Gangsterland trilogy and Living Dead Girl, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His short fiction has been published widely, including in Best American Mystery \u0026amp; Suspense, and his nonfiction appears regularly in the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and Alta, and has been anthologized in Best American Essays. He lives near Palm Springs, CA, where he founded and directs the Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing \u0026amp; Writing for the Performing Arts at UC Riverside.","products":[{"product_id":"only-way-out-hardcover","title":"Only Way Out - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA luckless thief's wrong turn becomes a crooked cop's fortune in a wild ride of a thriller by a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFailed lawyer Robert Green has such a good plan: Crack three hundred safe-deposit boxes and sail off to South America with his brilliant, morally flexible sister, Penny. If it weren't for the damned freezing rain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the dying resort town of Granite Shores, cop Jack Biddle is self-appointed king--mostly of bad decisions. Between his family's crumbling legacy, a wife who just joined the city council, and life-threatening gambling debts, Jack's looking for a way out. Then he spots a van spinning off a mountain road into the valley below. In the wreckage, Jack finds a very dead Robert, millions in heisted loot...and opportunity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll Jack has to do is clean up the mess, disappear Robert's body, make off with the fortune, and not get caught. One hitch is Penny. Another is Mitch Diamond, a wild card ex-con who knows more about the missing fortune than he lets on. Jack, Penny, and Mitch each have an endgame. But there's only one way out, and they're crashing headlong toward it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102490857695,"sku":"9781662534089","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/pPJt81ICNF9781662534089.webp?v=1781083355"},{"product_id":"eight-very-bad-nights-a-collection-of-hanukkah-noir-paperback","title":"Eight Very Bad Nights: A Collection of Hanukkah Noir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe perfect holiday gift for the crime fiction lover in your life! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCurated by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Tod Goldberg, this collection of eleven delightful and twisted Hanukkah capers will entertain you through all eight nights of the Festival of Lights. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Stefanie Leder's \"Not a Dinner Party Person,\" an unstable pharmaceutical rep tries not to kill anyone at her family dinner on the last night of Hanukkah; in Ivy Pochoda's \"Johnny Christmas,\" a taciturn Gulf War vet commissions a tattoo from a man he knew from his prison days, a man not named Christmas but Goldfarb; in David L. Ulin's \"Shamash,\" it's the last night of Hanukkah, and a live-at-home adult son considers doing something drastic to get out of his elderly father's Upper West Side apartment; in James D.F. Hannah's \"Twenty Centuries,\" a pair of detectives solve a curiously unprompted murder during the holiday season. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis captivating collection contains old-school slapstick comedy, hardboiled noir, gritty procedurals, and poignant reminders of the meaning of Hanukkah, offering something for almost every reader willing to take the journey through these twisted tales. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith stories by: Ivy Pochoda, David L. Ulin, James D.F. Hannah, Lee Goldberg, Nikki Dolson, J.R. Angelella, Liska Jacobs, Gabino Iglesias, Stefanie Leder, and Jim Ruland, plus a foreword and story by Tod Goldberg.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102501474527,"sku":"9781641297363","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/JhysW5zDlq9781641297363.webp?v=1781083375"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/tod-goldberg.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}