Tod Goldberg, Author . Soho $22 (0p) ISBN 978-1-56947-284-2
Goldberg's second novel (after 2000's Fake Liar Cheat) comes within a spit-and-a-holler of success but, alas, it's short on spit and overlong on holler. The tale could be glibly described as Hitchcockian, but it has more of the feel and...
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Tod Goldberg, Author Pocket Books $12.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-7434-0056-5
Short fiction writer Goldberg's smarmy, self-congratulatory debut novel breaks little new ground in its quest to debunk shallow American notions of celebrity, materialism and self-fulfillment. His protagonist, Lonnie Milton, is the quintessential...
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Tod Goldberg. Counterpoint, $26 (420p) ISBN 978-1-61902-344-4
Complex characters with understandable motivations distinguish this highly unusual crime novel from Goldberg (Living Dead Girl). When a sample of some particularly fine heroin causes Sal Cupertine, a hit man for the Chicago Family, to abandon his...
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Tod Goldberg. Counterpoint, $28 (352p) ISBN 978-1-61902-723-7
Offbeat doesn’t begin to describe Goldberg’s impressive sequel to 2014’s Gangsterland. Mafia leader Sal Cupertine escaped arrest by hiding in the back of a refrigerated meat truck after murdering three undercover FBI agents and an informant in...
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Tod Goldberg. Counterpoint, $26 (256p) ISBN 978-1-64009-336-2
By turn surreal, tragic, and darkly funny, the 12 stories in this exquisite collection from Goldberg (Gangster Nation) hold up a mirror to the unique landscape of Southern California’s Inland Empire. In the astonishing title story, set in 1962, the...
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Tod Goldberg. Counterpoint, $28 (384p) ISBN 978-1-64009-304-1
Goldberg concludes his Gangsterland trilogy in style, following up 2017’s Gangster Nation with a mesmerizing comic noir that’s fully accessible to series newcomers. After killing several FBI agents in 1998 Chicago, mobster Sal Cupertine hid in the...
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Edited by Tod Goldberg. Soho Crime, $27.95 (304p) ISBN 978-1-64129-613-7
Goldberg (the Gangsterland quartet) presents a winning anthology of 11 Hanukkah-themed crime stories. Stefanie Leder is perhaps the brightest candle in this menorah: her entry, “Not a Dinner Party Person,” centers on pharmaceutical sales rep Rachel,
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