The Chase

The Chase

Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg, New York Times bestselling authors of The Heist, return in this action-packed, exciting adventure featuring master con artist Nicolas Fox and die-hard FBI agent Kate O’Hare. And this time around, things go from hot to nuclear when government secrets are on the line.
 
Internationally renowned thief and con artist Nicolas Fox is famous for running elaborate and daring scams. His greatest con of all: convincing the FBI to team him up with the only person who has ever caught him, Special Agent Kate O’Hare. Together they’ll go undercover to swindle and catch the world’s most wanted—and untouchable—criminals.

Their newest target is Carter Grove, a former White House chief of staff and the ruthless leader of a private security agency. Grove has stolen a rare Chinese artifact from the Smithsonian, a crime that will torpedo U.S. relations with China if it ever becomes public. Nick and Kate must work under the radar—and against the clock—to devise a plan to steal the piece back. Confronting Grove’s elite assassins, Nick and Kate rely on the skills of their ragtag crew, including a flamboyant actor, a Geek Squad techie, and a band of AARP-card-carrying mercenaries led by none other than Kate’s dad.

A daring heist and a deadly chase lead Nick and Kate from Washington, D.C., to Shanghai, from the highlands of Scotland to the underbelly of Montreal. But it’ll take more than death threats, trained henchmen, sleepless nights, and the fate of a dynasty’s priceless heirloom to outsmart Fox and O’Hare.

A New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestseller!

 

The Dead Man Volume 6

The Dead Man Volume 6

After dying in a freak accident, Matt Cahill inexplicably “wakes up” three months later with the disturbing ability to see things—terrible things—that others cannot. Drafted as a warrior in the battle between good and evil, Matt will stop at nothing to destroy the malevolent Mr. Dark. In The Dead Man Volume 6, a trio of sinister new stories tracks the reluctant hero on his nightmarish quest.

Matt is trapped on a traffic-choked interstate in a hellacious blizzard that’s Colder Than Hell…chasing an escaped psycho killer while battling a mutant virus so virulent and horrific that it even terrifies Mr. Dark…

A crippled Matt, badly injured in a bloody bus crash, is in a race against time across a blasted desert hell to prevent a massacre that will give Mr. Dark terrifying new powers and plenty of Evil to Burn.

Matt is tormented by puzzling nightmares that draw him to a town that is covered in Streets of Blood by a dark force, one more powerful than Mr. Dark, that is driving people to commit insane acts of unimaginable violence.

Ella Clah

Ella Clah

THE UNTOLD STORY…

Aimee & David Thurlo’s Ella Clah, a Navajo Police special investigator, is one of the most enduring and popular characters in detective fiction today. Ella’s dedicated fans have long dreamed of the bestselling, critically acclaimed series coming to television…and it almost happened.

In 2001, CBS commissioned a pilot script, a sample episode of a proposed series, from writer/producers Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin. Sadly, the Ella Clah pilot ultimately wasn’t produced, and ever since, the script has been hotly sought-after by fans. Here, at long last, is that rare pilot script, along with the original sales treatment, six episode ideas, a foreword by the Thurlos, and a detailed account from Goldberg & Rabkin about how they approached their adaptation and what their plans were for the TV series.

It’s an exciting, must-read story for Ella Clah fans and aspiring TV screenwriters alike and a fascinating peek behind-the-scenes of network television.

The Dead Man V7

After dying in a freak accident, Matt Cahill inexplicably “wakes up” three months later with the disturbing ability to see things—terrible things—that others cannot. Drafted as a warrior in the battle between good and evil, Matt will stop at nothing to destroy the malevolent Mr. Dark. The Dead Man Volume 7 is a trio of sinister new stories tracks the reluctant hero on his nightmarish quest.

Matt Cahill is part of a team of smokejumpers who are dropped into the heart of a raging firestorm, a CRUCIBLE OF FIRE that is fueled by a flamethrower-wielding madman who has fallen prey to Mr. Dark’s evil touch.

Matt is in dogged pursuit across the icy, Cascade Mountains of a shape-shifting killer possessed by THE DARK NEED for blood and the souls of his victims…but can he catch the monster without falling prey himself?

In the blasted hell of the Arizona desert, Matt meets a mysterious stranger who may know how he became one of THE RISING DEAD…and the secret to defeating Mr. Dark.

Tied In

Tied In

Tie-in novels are books based on pre-existing media properties — like TV shows, movies and games — and they regularly top the national bestseller lists. But as popular as tie-ins books and novelizations are among readers, few people know how the books are written or the rich history behind the hugely successful and enduring genre.

This 75,000 word book, edited by Lee Goldberg, is a ground-breaking collection of lively, informative, and provocative essays and interviews by some of the best-selling, and most acclaimed, writers in the tie-in business, offering an inside glimpse into what they do and how they do it.

Contributors include Donald Bain, Max Allan Collins, Tod Goldberg, Elizabeth Massie, William C. Dietz, Aaron Rosenberg, Paul Kupperberg, Jeff Mariotte, Raymond Benson, Robert Greenberger, David Spencer, Greg Cox, Burl Barer, Jeff Ayers, Nancy Holder, Brandie Tarvin, Alina Adams and William Rabkin.

This book is an official publication of the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers.

“If this is the Golden Age of anything in the popular fiction field, it may be the tie-in novel…fans and scholars will enjoy the inside-the-business stuff.” –Mystery Scene Magazine

I say this without a whit of exaggeration TIED-IN is the most fascinating, entertaining and honest book about the writing life I’ve ever read.. –Ed Gorman 

TIED IN is a fascinating exploration of the media tie-in business” –Television Obscurities

“I was genuinely surprised at how much fun I had reading this book, and I’m sure most of you would like it, too” –Bill Crider, bestselling author of Outrage at Blanco

The Best TV Shows That Never Were

The Best TV Shows That Never Were by Lee Goldberg

“The Best Bathroom Reading EVER”—San Francisco Chronicle
“A must-browse for media freaks” —USA Today
“Irresistible and enthralling” —Hartford Courant
“Full of fool’s gold and genuine TV treasures” —The New York Post

This lively and entertaining book looks at the three hundred best and worst TV series ideas—known in the industry as “pilots”—that never made it to primetime from 1955-1990. From the adventures of a Samurai D.A. to the antics of an invisible alien baby, Lee Goldberg reveals the most astonishing, funny, and bizarre shows that never were.

“You’ll slap your head in disbelief—try not to hurt yourself—at the idea of John Denver as a singing FBI agent. You’ll wonder whether Joe Penny as a samurai district attorney would have been funnier—unintentionally—that John Belushi’s ‘Saturday Night Live.’ For tube-historians, this is a must see.” —People Magazine

This book was previously published as Unsold TV Pilots: The Greatest Shows You Never Saw and Unsold TV Pilots: The Almost Complete Guide To Everything You Never Saw on TV

 

Television Fast Forward

Television Fast Forward by Lee Goldberg

Did Gilligan and his fellow castaways ever get rescued?
Is Dr. Marcus Welby still making house calls?
Is Marcia Brady single?
What kind of father did Beaver Cleaver grow up to be?
Did Steve Austin & Jaime Sommers finally hook up again?

Those burning questions… and many, many more… about your favorite TV characters are finally answered in the new, 2015 edition of this unique and entertaining book, which examines every TV series revival, sequel or remake that was made from the 1950s through the early 1990s.

All the shows in the original edition have been updated… plus the book now includes a full list of television series sequels and remakes produced from 1992 to 2015.

“A useful and entertaining volume” —Booklist

Previously published under the title Television Series Revivals

Successful Television Writing

Do you dream of a job as a successful television writer on a hit show? Lee Goldberg and William Rabkin give you practical but essential advice to help make your dreams a reality. They teach you how to discover the “Franchise” or structure of a television show in order to write a successful and eye catching spec script. The four-act structure is covered, along with the elements that go into telling a good story. After you’ve blown them away with your spec script, learn how to pitch confidently and concisely. You’ll also find invaluable information on how to work with producers, how to handle your first writing assignment, and tackle revisions. Also included are Writer’s Guidelines, and beat sheets, from several television shows to help you familiarize yourself with the way writer’s work.

Now in its tenth year in print, this is a classic in the field of TV writing.

“Where was this book when I was starting out?! A fantastic, fun, informative guide to breaking in – and more importantly, staying in the TV writing game – from the guys who taught me how to play it.” —Terence Winter, Executive Producer, Boardwalk Empire and The Sopranos

“Goldberg and Rabkin write not only with clarity and wit but also with the authority gleaned through their years of experience slogging through Hollywood’s trenches. Here is a must-read not only for new writers but also for established practitioners whose spirit and imagination could use a booster shot.” —Prof. Richard Walter, Screenwriting Chairman, UCLA Dept. Film and TV

“Not since William Goldman’s Adventures in the Screen Trade has there been a book this revealing, funny, and informative about The Industry. Reading this book is like having a good, long lunch with your two best friends in the TV business.” —Janet Evanovich

“With sharp wit and painful honesty, Goldberg & Rabkin offer the truest account yet of working in the TV business. Accept no substitutes!” —Jeffrey B. Hodes & Nastaran Dibai, Executive Producers, Third Rock from The Sun

“Should be required reading for all aspiring television writers.” —Howard Gordon, Executive Producer, 24 and Homeland

Thrillers: 100 Must Reads

Thrillers 100 Must Read

The most riveting reads in history meet today’s biggest thriller writers in Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads. Edited by David Morrell and Hank Wagner, this book examines 100 seminal works of suspense through essays contributed by such esteemed modern thriller writers as: Lee Goldberg, David Baldacci, Steve Berry, Sandra Brown, Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, Tess Gerritsen, Heather Graham, John Lescroart, Gayle Lynds, Katherine Neville, Michael Palmer, James Rollins, R. L. Stine, and many more.

Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads provides both historical and personal perspective on those spellbinding works that have kept readers on the edge of their seats for centuries.

Hollywood and Crime

Anything can happen at the corner of Hollywood and Vine, as today’s finest authors of mystery fiction—including Michael Connelly, Lee Goldberg, Max Allan Collins, and Stuart Kaminsky—present fifteen original Hollywood crime stories.

Lee’s short story is called “Jack Webb’s Star.”

“As veteran crime writer Randisi notes in his introduction, when some people think of Hollywood, they think fame, glamour, and Disneyland. Others think of the Black Dahlia, O. J., and Fatty Arbuckle—the dark side of the Tinseltown dream. Among the authors represented in this collection of original short stories with a Hollywood theme are marquee names Michael Connelly, Max Allan Collins, Bill Pronzini, and Stuart Kaminsky. Among the best of the 14 selections are Collins’ Murderlized, featuring Moe Howard of Three Stooges fame investigating the death of his mentor, and Connelly’s Suicide Run, in which Harry Bosch extracts justice for a series of murdered starlets. Veteran television screenwriter Lee Goldberg has some fun with a small screen legend in Jack Webb’s Star, and Dick Lochte brings back private investigator Leo Bloodworth—still listening to Dinah Shore but on an MP3 player—in a mystery that ends with a devilish poke at the quality of modern screenwriting. This consistently high-quality collection offers readers a nice mix of big names and lesser-knowns who deserve larger audiences.”
   —Booklist

“The 14 stories in this entertaining anthology from Shamus Award-founder Randisi span Tinsel Town history from the 1930s to the present and intersect, literally, at Hollywood and Vine. Top billing should go to Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch story, Suicide Run, and to Lee Goldberg’s Jack Webb’s Star—the former for the detection and the latter for biggest laughs. Other highlights include Max Allan Collins and Matthew V. Clemens’s reinvention of one of the Three Stooges, Moe Howard, as a detective in their clever Murderlized, about the 1937 death of the Stooges’ mentor, vaudevillian Ted Healy. Robert S. Levinson delivers a wicked portrait of gossip columnist Hedda Hopper in And the Winner Is…, which turns on her lackey’s efforts to stop a Nazi sharpshooter at the 1960 Academy Awards. From Harry Bosch’s visit to a photographer at Hollywood & Vine Studios to Moe’s meeting at a coffee shop at that intersection, all the tales pay homage to the storied Hollywood street corner.”
   —Publishers Weekly

“Lee Goldberg’s Jack Webb’s Star, is a riotous caper crime with a nasty twist that starts in a traffic school class in the Taft building, where among the offenders is a hapless man ticketed for drunk driving in his wheelchair…”
   —Los Angeles Times

“Show business has long been a favorite criminous setting, and in recent years more mysteries than ever have explored the worlds of film, stage, television, music, magic, stand-up comedy, and other categories of performance. Prolific anthologist Robert J. Randisi’s Hollywood and Crime (Pegasus, $25) gathers original stories by such formidable writers as Michael Connelly, Bill Pronzini, Terence Faherty, Stuart M. Kaminsky, and Dick Lochte. Among those with the strongest entertainment industry backgrounds are Murderlized by Max Allan Collins and Matthew V. Clemens, a fact-based 1930s tale in which Moe Howard of the Three Stooges investigates the mysterious death of former stage partner Ted Healy; Robert S. Levinson’s And the Winner Is, about the 1960 Academy Awards, gangster Mickey Cohen, and the bitter rivalry of columnists Hedda Hopper and Louella O. Parsons; and best of all, Jack Webb’s Star, Lee Goldberg’s hilarious contemporary tale of a struggling TV writer, his commercial actress wife, a traffic school led by an unfunny stand-up comic, and Joe Friday’s star on the Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame.”
   —Jon Breen, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

“Thanks to the works of Raymond Chandler, Ross Macdonald, Stuart M. Kaminsky and so many other authors, as well as TV crime dramas and films, Los Angeles and detective fiction may be permanently pared in the public mind. And no sector of L.A. has received more attention from this genre than Hollywood, which offers both an abundance of glitz and the possibility of gore. Editor Randisi solicited more than a dozen familiar crime-fictionists to contribute their own Tinseltown tales to this volume. Among the best are Lee Goldberg’s clever Jack Webb’s Star, Michael Connelly’s Suicide Run, and Murderlized, in which Max Allan Collins and Matthew V. Clemens send one of the Three Stooges, Moe Howard, off to investigate the death of that comedy trio’s mentor.”
   —J.K.P., January Magazine