Bookbub discovered that I am an author that I know.

Congratulations to @janetevanovich1.bsky.social on the fantastic PW review for THE KING'S RANSOM. "Gabriela is an ideal action protagonist: resourceful, daring, shrewd, and sexy. The result is a swift and enjoyable adventure that proves this series has legs." www.publishersweekly.com/9781668027479

See me and International Man of Mystery @leegoldberg.bsky.social talk about his new book on Oct. 21 at the Calabasas Library. I promise to uncover most of his secrets.

My new novel FALLEN STAR will debut on Oct 21 at 6 pm, at the Calabasas Library, where I will be in conversation with @chrisfarnsworth.bsky.social, NYT bestselling author of "Robert B. Parkers Buried Secrets." Books will be available of purchase & signing www.cityofcalabasas.com/Home/Compone...

How long do you figure SNL will last in this new era of government censorship and network spinelessness? A month?

Jimmy Kimmel enraged the Chair of the FCC by criticizing the MAGA response to the Kirk murder & gets yanked off the air... but Brian Kilmeade says on FOX that all homeless people should be given lethal injections & the FCC says nothing & he's still on the air. WTF? www.youtube.com/watch?v=phYO...

A novelist had a hit in the 70s leading to a huge payday & a splashy book launch. That book failed. He went to 80s Hollywood & wrote for a TV show. Cancelled after 2 seasons. He wrote for another show. Cancelled after 2 seasons. Movies & shows failed. In the 90s he went home & wrote Game of Thrones.

My buddy Paul Levine 's new novel MIDNIGHT BURNING gets some love from the Santa Barbara Independent. www.independent.com/2025/09/17/p...

Many thanks to the Baroness' Book Trove for the great review of HIDDEN IN SMOKE! "A fantastic read.It has it all and more than expected.I love Mr. Goldberg’s writing style and how he intertwines the plot twists and character arcs. He always keeps me guessing." baronessbooktrove.com/hidden-in-sm...

My friend Rob Word unpacks for Woman's World what makes GUNSMOKE a legendary & ageless TV series. www.womansworld.com/entertainmen...

More fun DIAGNOSIS MURDER promos here (cc: @leegoldberg.bsky.social) youtu.be/TE7IkKPDUeU?...

He casually refers to another woman as "breasty." Does that mean she has more than two? And is she also "benippled"??

Hey, Bouchercon attendees. Did you get your Anthony Award ballot? If so, here's a great pick for Best Anthology

I'm reading a manuscript in which the author describes a naked woman as "benippled." Interesting. Does that mean she is covered with them? Or simply that she has some?

Newsom continued his attacks on the president over the Labor Day weekend with an entertaining video.

I had the pleasure of reading an early copy of FALLEN STAR and it's terrific. If you like Bosch and Ballard, check out Lee's series for a new detective hero with a different look at Southern California.

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...

Telly Visions in the UK says that "Production is about to begin on a likely new hit." I like that. I hope they are right! tellyvisions.org/article/acor...

Is this Florida!? From the Calabasas Enterprise: Drunk Driver Flees Scene of Crash, Caught Buying a Six-Pack.

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

My brother @todgoldberg.bsky.social stumbled on this 1998 video of our Mom, Jan Curran, the society editor of the Palm Springs Desert Sun, reporting live on the funeral of Sonny Bono for MSNBC. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJIT...

Here's more news about YOU'RE KILLING ME... and the video of Amalia discovering that she'd been cast as one of the leads... deadline.com/2025/08/amal...

The news is out: YOU'RE KILLING ME (fka ALLIE & ANDI), the new mystery series I've been working on, is starting production in Nova Scotia w/stars Brooke Shields, Amalia Williamson & Tom Cavanagh. I can't wait for you to see it! www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2025/08...

Many thanks to Library Journal for the great advance review of FALLEN STAR. "Goldberg's latest roller-coaster installment of modern Los Angeles noir ratchets the action up to 11. The symbiotic relationship between reality & image give Goldberg's series an added depth not often seen in the genre.”

today I received my author's copies of FALLEN STAR, my 6th "Eve Ronin" novel, which comes out in October. youtu.be/yDQM11Bytnk

I think I should decorate my office couch with these classy pillows

River looks like a canine literature professor in his new winter turtleneck

Huge congrats to Barry Eisler!! deadline.com/2025/08/john...

Many thanks to James Reasoner's Rough Edges blog for the great review of our reprint of Joseph Chadwick's MAN CHASE. "I guess you could call it a hardboiled corporate soap opera. It’s very fast-paced and well plotted." jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2025/08/revi...

Many thanks to the Rough Edges blog for the great review of CROWN VIC. "Goldberg is pretty tricky with the plot of this one, springing twist after twist. It’s very well-written & very, very entertaining." jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2025/08/revi...

Nine years ago today Janet Evanovich & I were doing a signing together for one of our co-authored books…

DEADLY PLEASURES really liked FALLEN STAR... "I enjoyed this latest visit to Goldberg’s “Ronin-verse,” treasuring the appearances of familiar faces. The settings are wonderfully described and the plots​ are quite Michael Connelly-esque. ​A- " Deadly Pleasures

www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n... A guy who killed a woman in Longview WA, my Dads hometown, has fled to Calabasas… his car was found a few blocks from my house. I was wondering why helicopters were circling the last few hours….hmm ... sounds like a case for Eve Ronin...

#DouglasHess, host of the excellent podcast #ForgottenHollywood, interviewed @tvconfidential.bsky.social about my latest book, #MenofAction. Our conversation is now available for LOD wherever you find podcasts. Please enjoy! @leegoldberg.bsky.social @cuttingedgebooks.bsky.social t.co/py6Si2gUfO

Another rave for my friend Mike Ripley, this time a *starred* review from Kirkus for BURIED ABOVE GROUND. "A wickedly funny sendup of the clichés behind all those classic mysteries and their successors." www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Big congratulations to my friend Susan Straight on the *starred* review from Kirkus. "It's story is the complexity of love and longing, the edgy insistence of the human heart. Astonishing." www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

This is very bad news for authors and publishers. The Associated Press is no longer publishing/distributing book reviews.

I got a digital recorder for review that came with the most restrictive user agreement I've ever seen... for instance, you are not allowed to "damage the national honor or national interests" of China or "undermine social stablity"...

A King-sized unboxing. youtu.be/IDbM7tjvPiI

Congratulations to Vanessa Lillie on the great Publishers Weekly review for her new novel THE BONE THIEF. "A potent sequel... a crackling mystery plot. This series has legs." www.publishersweekly.com/9780593550144

As usual reading anything from @leegoldberg.bsky.social is a hoot. Falling Star the sixth Eve Ronin book is no exception. #EveRonin #Netgalley #ThomasAndMercer www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

July was a really slow month when it comes to my reading. I did however read some great books. #IanLoome #DanAmes #ClaireBooth #AndersNilsson#DaleMNelson #LoganRyles @larswilderang.cornucopia.se @genekoonbooks.bsky.social #AndyMaslen @leegoldberg.bsky.social

I've been hit by a wave of these scam emails lately (some of them confusing me for @leematthewgoldberg.bsky.social . AI is helping them sound more personalized, and less Nigerian or Philippine, but they are scams all the same. writerbeware.blog/2025/08/01/r...

Many thanks to Bloody, Spicy Books for the great review of CROWN VIC 2 "A quick tale that packs a lot of punch. It's a wonderful throwback tough guy Men's Adventure series but thoroughly modern at the same time." bloodyspicybooks.blogspot.com/2025/07/quic...

Out now: WINE OF VIOLENCE by Ralph Ingersoll “This novel has an immediacy that will shock some readers…the poignancy of the love story calls to mind Ernest Hemingway.” New York Herald-Tribune www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/...

@texasmonthly.bsky.social highlights our edition of THE JACK SHERIDAN READER in this terrific article: "On the Cusp of Literary Stardom, This West Texas Novelist Lost It All" www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/...

Now available for pre-order: Acclaimed author Tim Sandlin is back with his new novel LIT, a deliciously subversive take on a “cozy” mystery that deftly, shrewdly and humorously reflects our turbulent times. “Fiction to be savored." Larry McMurtry www.amazon.com/LIT-Tim-Sand...

@texasmonthly.bsky.social highlights the Cutting Edge Books edition of THE JACK SHERIDAN READER in this terrific article: "On the Cusp of Literary Stardom, This West Texas Novelist Lost It All" www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/...

#PublishingNews #Writing Contract Controversy (and Change) at Must Read Magazines writerbeware.blog/2025/07/25/c... via @victoriastrauss

Before you sell a short story to Ellery Queen or Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazines, READ THIS WRITER BEWARE POST about the new, author-unfriendly contract that hijacks the film & TV rights to your work. writerbeware.blog/2025/07/25/c...