Dave White

5 Mar 2025

🚨Big News!🚨 Jackson Donne isn’t dead…yet. Thrilled to announce that Open Road Media has acquired the Jackson Donne backlist PLUS a brand new FINAL Jackson Donne/Matt Herrick novel SET ON BLOOD! HUGE thanks to: @dzhyde.bsky.social @hillnadell.bsky.social

Lands End blue button down and gray slacks, blue and white tie, Seiko, black Cole Haan Oxfords. I'm a little wrinkled today as the advertisement of "no wrinkle" appears to have lied to me.

Early birthday dinner today. Jeans, light blue button down, brown tweed sport jacket (with patches, ‘natch), Seiko Divers, brown Cole Haan Oxfords.

The only more engagement I get than these attire posts are any puns directed @lauralippman.bsky.social’s way

Early birthday dinner today. Jeans, light blue button down, brown tweed sport jacket (with patches, ‘natch), Seiko Divers, brown Cole Haan Oxfords.

Right now I’m wearing jeans, slippers, a Rutgers football jersey and my Apple Watch.

Watch THE GREAT ESCAPE with Ben. Neither of us have seen it.

No suit today. Blue speckled white button down, slacks and a grey tweed jacket (with elbow patches, 'natch). No tie. Open collar.

Today: Nike quarte-zip, Lee jeans, Brooks sneakers

Wearing a gray suit today. Here's how I felt getting out of the car this am.

Tomorrow!!

Brooklyn Books & Booze @ Barrow's Intense@bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social

ONE WEEK from now BBB returns with awesome readings from @angelluiscolon.com @marygthompson.bsky.social #IsaacFitzimons & #DavidHeskaWanbliWeiden! Join us on 10/20 at 7pm at Barrow's Intense for incredible tales -- and an equally incredible POP drink made for the night! Info: BrooklynBooksBooze.com

@jeffabbott.bsky.social Sir. That was pass interference.

You’ll never believe what this is in reply to @jeffabbott.bsky.social

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Watching SKYFALL. I got the Bond bug bad right now. They need to announce that new actor.

I asked Alexa to play the greatest pop song of all time and it chose Brilliant Disguise by Bruce Springsteen, a song I love but…best pop song of all time?

I went into the city for a meeting yesterday, and for the 1st time in my life, I timed everything right. I never had to wait for a train and on the drive home from the PATH, I hit 0 red lights. Crazy.

Say what you want about the movie, the NO TIME TO DIE score rocks.

Won’t be getting to these for a bit but excited to try some Robert Littell and always good to have Mick Herron and @sarahweinman.com in the house.

Spent the weekend in Cape May. Had a very Spenser breakfast: two old fashioned donuts and a coffee.

openroadmedia.comAn Empty Hell“[A] dark and extremely suspenseful thriller . . . turns Northern New Jersey into a setting worthy of any classic noir detective series.” —Connecticut Post Two former cops ar

The fine folks @hillnadell.bsky.social and Open Road Media (like @dzhyde.bsky.social) have informed me that my favorite of my novels, AN EMPTY HELL, is on sale for $2.99!!!! openroadmedia.com/ebook/an-emp...

Yesterday, was the 19th anniversary of WHEN ONE MAN DIES pub date. It was my debut novel. In year 20, big things are coming for Jackson Donne.

And if we are talking all time MacGyver was better than all these shows. No one on these shows caught fish with gum wrappers.

Dave White@davewhite.bsky.social

I choose Better Call Saul over Mad Men The Wire over Better Call Saul Breaking Bad over The Wire Slow horses and Justified were underrated. BUT IT IS ALL OPINION

I choose Better Call Saul over Mad Men The Wire over Better Call Saul Breaking Bad over The Wire Slow horses and Justified were underrated. BUT IT IS ALL OPINION

@beaujohnson44.bsky.social

23 Sept

This was flat out one of the best Bond novels I read. Up there with the best of Fleming. I enjoyed the heck out of it, surprising to me as I didn’t like his first one…

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Wherein they never see us coming. Preorder now available. www.amazon.com/Brand-New-Da...

Thing I just learned on something the kid is watching: the world’s most foremost expert on bed bugs works at Rutgers.

I saw some great friends I haven’t seen in a long, long time tonight and it was great.

The best part of these influencers dancing in Times Square is when a normal New Yorker walks by and rolls their eyes HARD.

19 Sept

Third consecutive year of running the SAX 4 miler. Finished in 38:39, which is 7 seconds slower than last year but still fast for me (my first mile was at a 9:09 pace). But not compared to these two speed demons. The hills in this race are brutal, but we finished!

17 Sept

Favorite Bond Opening Gambits: Skyfall: "Take the bloody shot." The Living Daylights: "Hang on, you're dead!" Goldfinger: "Shocking. Positively shocking." Tomorrow Never Dies: "What's he doing?" "His Job." For Your Eyes Only: "I trust you had a pleasant "fright"!"

15 Sept

AN EMPTY HELL is 99 cents and was a Kindle Daily Deal over the weekend, per @dzhyde.bsky.social www.amazon.com/Empty-Hell-J...

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15 Sept

I feel like I should warn people that I may or may not see this weekend, Whom I also haven’t seen in a decade, that my hair has gone pretty gray.

15 Sept

These people are on this website but I don’t want to tag them and instead will hope for luck.

thrillingdetective.com“Closure”A Jackson Donne Story by David White Autumn 2002 “Where were you?” Omar said, his voice like a needle in my ear. We were sitting on the New Jersey Turnpike, heading north. Traffic was s…

12 Sept

My favorite person is the person who makes a deal on Facebook marketplace, sees the price and then shows up and goes “Oh I only have 19 dollars.”

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11 Sept

There‘s been a lot of good crime fiction reflecting the tragedy of 9/11, with ABSENT FRIENDS by SJ Rozan and SMALL TOWN by Lawrence Block being my favorite novel, but by far my favorite 9/11 crime fiction story is CLOSURE by @davewhite.bsky.social thrillingdetective.com/2023/04/01/c...

app.comRutgers basketball coach Steve Pikiell announces cancer diagnosis, will stay on jobSteve Pikiell, 58, announced his diagnosis and treatment, and his coaching plans for the 2026-27 season.

9 Sept

My thoughts are with Coach Pikes, his family and the team. One of the nicest guys I’ve met at Rutgers and a good coach to boot. You got this, Coach!

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Steve Pikiell announced he’s being treated for cancer and his intention to coach this season with Brandin Knight leading when he’s absent. I’ve added a bit of context: www.app.com/story/sports...

7 Sept

Social media did not exist the last time they cast a new Bond. Rutgers football in crisis. I may need my phone locked away from me the next few weeks.

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6 Sept

COYG

5 Sept

Wondering about SET ON BLOOD? According to my editors, it’s very quippy and funny for a dark thriller.

I hate being lectured online, so I don’t intend this to be a lecture, but a reflection. Thinking out loud if you will. Sometime in the next year, I will have a new book out. It will be my 7th book published in 20 years. (I know when I just can’t tell you yet. What’s an author without a vague post)

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I am super proud of the Jackson Donne series and hope you’ll join me to see it out. Happy Friday!

Big thanks to @dzhyde.bsky.social, @hillnadell.bsky.social and Open Road for this opportunity.

It’s not the book-a-year I’d dreamed of when I started, but it’s seven published books. I’ve kind of done it all, big NYC publisher, self-publish, small publisher and now Open Road, who are legit great. And, in the twenty years I’ve done this, all I can say is that I keep writing.