- Ian Ludlow: .357 Vigilante #1
- Ian Ludlow: .357 Vigilante #2: Make Them Pay
- Ian Ludlow: .357 Vigilante #3: White Wash
Beyond the Beyond
"Outrageously entertaining!" KIRKUS REVIEWS. Now available for $9.99 including media mail postage to anywhere in the United State. Just click the button below to order.
Diagnosis Murder #1: The Silent Partner
"A whodunit thrill ride that captures all the charm, mystery and fun of the TV series... and then some" JANET EVANOVICH
Diagnosis Murder #2: The Death Merchant
"For those who have, as I do, an addiction to Mark Sloan, Lee Goldberg provides a terrific fix. Will cure any Diagnosis Murder withdrawal symptoms you might have had." SJ ROZAN
Diagnosis Murder #3: The Shooting Script
"RX for fun! Lee Goldberg's Diagnosis Murder series is the perfect prescription for readers looking for thrills, chills and laughs. I know I'll be standing in line for my refill!" MEG CABOT
Diagnosis Murder #4: The Waking Nightmare
"Can books be better than television? You bet they can -- when Lee Goldberg is writing them. Get aboard now for a thrill ride," LEE CHILD, author of the Jack Reacher novels.
Diagnosis Murder #5: The Past Tense
"What a great book! I enjoyed it tremendously. It's a clever, twisting tale that leaves you guessing right up to the heart-stopping ending." LISA GARDNER, bestselling author of ALONE
Diagnosis Murder #6: The Dead Letter
"More plot twists than a strand of DNA," ELAINE VIETS
Diagnosis Murder #7: The Double Life
"With books this good, who needs TV?" CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Diagnosis Murder #8: The Last Word
The final novel in the series...in stores now!
Hollywood and Crime: Original Crime Stories Set During the History of Hollywood
"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." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Man With the Iron-on Badge
"As dark and twisted as anything Hammett or Chandler ever dreamed up...leaving Travis McGee in the dust" KIRKUS REVIEWS (Starred)
Monk #1: Mr. Monk Goes to the Fire House
"It's funny, with some great Monkisms, and tightly plotted, the characters are expanded beyond their TV confines, and there's even a clever twist at the end. How TV tie-ins should be," The Works Magazine (UK)
Monk #2: Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii
"Goldberg makes Adrian Monk much more interesting than the TV version," CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Monk #3: Mr. Monk and The Blue Flu
"Goldberg's succinct writing style -- with an emphasis on witty dialogue, laugh-out-loud hijinks, and nonstop action -- will make a devoted Monk fan of anyone who picks up this surprisingly entertaining read." BARNES & NOBLE 'RANSON NOTES'
Monk #4: Mr. Monk and The Two Assistants
"Even if you aren’t familiar with the TV series “Monk”, this book is too funny to not be read. Goldberg’s comic genius is channeled by Monk throughout and the truth of the crime is always worth waiting for..." THE WEEKLY JOURNAL
Monk #5: Mr. Monk in Outer Space
"I've never seen so much as a single scene from the television series. So why do I enjoy Lee Goldberg's books about the character so much? Well, let's see. They're funny, they're well-written, they're carefully plotted, and they're poignant. They probably have other good qualities, too, but those should do for starters." -- BILL CRIDER
Monk #6: Mr. Monk Goes to Germany
"Goldberg has such an incredible way with words, the story flows so smoothly it’s effortless to read, it’s almost as if it was being read to me. And the plot has some wonderful twists and turns and is a perfect classic mystery. Whether you watch the show or not, you should really be reading these books." Jon Jordan CRIMESPREE MAGAZINE
Monk #7 Mr. Monk is Miserable
"Series fans will find much to enjoy and celebrate. And for everyone else there is a neat, surprisingly literate and well-written mystery starring a most unlikely crime solver." -- Alan Cranis, Bookgasm
Monk #8: Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop
"Monk is my all-time favorite comic detective and Lee Goldberg has honored him by writing some of the finest tie-novels ever conceived." - Ed Gorman
My Gun Has Bullets
"It will make you cackle like a sitcom laugh track. Goldberg keeps the gags coming right up to the end.”—ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
Remaindered
An Amazon Short about every author's worst nightmare.
- Science Fiction Filmmaking in the 1980s: Interviews With Actors, Directors, Producers and Writers
Interviews and features by me, William Rabkin, and Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier.
"Informative...examines the making of more than a dozen features" Classic Images
Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin: Successful Television Writing
"Should be required reading for all aspiring TV Writers" HOWARD GORDON, EXEC PROD "24"
"A fantastic, fun, informative guide to breaking into-- and more importantly,staying in -- the TV writing game from the guys who taught me how to play it," TERENCE WINTER, EXEC PROD, "The Sopranos"
- Television Series Revivals: Sequels or Remakes of Cancelled Shows
"useful and entertaining"
Booklist
- The Dreamweavers: Interviews With Fantasy Filmmakers of the 1980s
Collection of Starlog Interviews and features by me, William Rabkin, and Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier.
"an enjoyable and informative read" - Library Journal
The Walk
"Harrowing and funny," ELLERY QUEEN MYSTERY MAGAZINE
Lee Goldberg: The Walk - Kindle Edition
Lee Goldberg: Three Ways to Die
A collection of my short stories "Jack Webb's Star,' 'Bumsickle,' and 'Remaindered.'
"Lee Goldberg's 'Jack Webb's Star' is a riotous caper crime with a nasty twist," Los Angeles Times
"Top billing should go to Lee Goldberg's 'Jack Webb's Star' for the biggest laughs," Publisher's Weekly
Unsold Television Pilots, Volume 1: 1955-1976
"Irresistible and enthralling."
Hartford Courant
Unsold Television Pilots, Volume 2: 1977-1989
"The best bathroom reading ever!" San Francisco Chronicle
Unsold TV Pilots: The Almost Complete Guide to Everything You Never Saw on TV 1955-1990
"A must-browse for media freaks."
-- USA Today
I do wish more attendees would pay attention to that last suggestion. Showering daily should be a requirement. I've never smelled so much B.O. as I do when I attend comic/scifi cons.
Posted by: SciFiChick | Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 02:34 PM
I think there are times these might well apply to mystery conferences....
And a few people dressed like Jedis might be fun.
Last year at wizard world we saw a 350 pound wonder woman in her 50's.
Posted by: JonJordan | Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 04:19 PM
Good advice. It works for job interviews and first dates too.
Posted by: John D | Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 05:25 PM
Every little bit you can do helps when you have 100,000 fans in one convention hall. You can't keep fans from getting sweaty over Kristin Bell, but you can do a little bit. One year we gave everyone who asked nicely at our booth a piece of minty gum. The San Diego show is now more of an endurance test than a fun show.
Bill
Posted by: Bill Williams | Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 11:25 PM
At the risk of creating as many enemies as you, my dear cousin, let me just say that comic-cons GROSS ME THE FUCK OUT! I travel a great deal on business and had the severe misfortune of staying in a hilton that had been taken over by some sort of anime-comic-con sex hell show. I like lots of things, all sorts of genres of books and media but there has never been an occasion where I felt the need to dress up like my favorite charactor (save when I was 6 and wore a princess leia costume for halloween). Add in that there is a great amount of costume sex going on at these conventions and my ICK factor goes up tenfold.
With all that being said, the final piece of advice that is given is a good one even at high tech trade shows (events I do need to attend for my work). Geeks of all stripes (in costumes with swords or suits holding cleanroom notebooks) sweet and get excited in crowds. A little pit-stick is never a bad call.
Posted by: Anea | Friday, May 23, 2008 at 06:35 AM
Irony of ironies...I'm going to Baycon this weekend. Thus I will be stuck with more than a few smelly cosplayers (people that dress up in costumes) and furries (people that dress up like animals) and plain old smelly folks during the numerous panels and such I will be attending.
Of course, for every smelly nerd there are a dozen families with smelly toddlers they have dressed up as Yoda.
Posted by: Chadwick H Saxelid | Friday, May 23, 2008 at 11:38 AM
It's at times like this I wish the Boston convention Hygiene Ninja was still active...
Posted by: John Hudgens | Friday, May 23, 2008 at 12:46 PM
I'm going to ComiCon myself this year and it's kind of sad that this information has to be repeated. I see it in the pre-con literature for every ComiCon and science fiction con I've ever been to in the last ten years.
Strange how that kind of stuff isn't in the program for Bouchercon or Left Coast Crime, huh?
Posted by: Jeffrey | Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 08:18 AM