Only Way Out - by Tod Goldberg

Book Synopsis

A luckless thief's wrong turn becomes a crooked cop's fortune in a wild ride of a thriller by a New York Times bestselling author.

Failed 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.

In 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.

All 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.

Review Quotes

Praise for Only Way Out

"Small-town crime, big-time stakes, and the twists and turns aren't only in the plot. If there's an inheritor of Elmore Leonard, it's Tod Goldberg." --Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times bestselling author

"In Only Way Out, Tod Goldberg takes us to the washed-out edges of the Oregon coast, where lost souls, small-time hustlers, and true believers collide in a derelict resort town. This is a story about escape--what we'll do to get free, who we'll become to stay gone--shot through with black comedy. Sharp, strange, and unexpectedly moving." --Ivy Pochoda, author of Ecstasy

"Tod Goldberg has redefined the noir genre with Only Way Out. An unapologetic gripping view into criminal schemes gone bad, bad lives gone even worse, and sad lives redeemed. No beat is skipped as the exquisitely drawn, tragic characters repeatedly cross paths along an epic crime noir journey." --Steven Konkoly, USA Today bestselling author

Praise for Tod Goldberg

"Goldberg is one of the best (and funniest) crime writers working today." --Orange County Register

"Tod Goldberg is the literary offspring of Elmore Leonard and Charles Portis, which means he's smart, deep, and profoundly funny." --CrimeReads

"Tod Goldberg is a terrific writer." --Don Winslow

"Tod Goldberg is one of this nation's sagest storytellers." --Attica Locke