One Night, New York

Lara Thompson's portrayal of stubborn, brave Frances is enthralling; this page-turning thriller marks her as a writer to watch -- Antonia Senior * The Times, Best New Historical Fiction * An atmospheric portrait of a city in the grip of the Great Depression as well as a compelling crime story * Guardian * From its breathless opening pages, ONE NIGHT, NEW YORK transports the reader to the glitter and the danger of old New York. A page-turner with style * Erin Kelly * Thompson's impressive debut delivers a beautifully detailed and multifaceted account of Jazz Age New York * Irish Times * An assured debut so evocative you can almost smell the bathtub gin wafting off the pages * Red Magazine * When the final credits go up on this dark debut, it's like surfacing into daylight after a session in an old-fashioned cinema. With its film noir edginess, this story of 1930s speakeasy New York begins with a dizzying scene atop the Empire State Building - two women, lovers, about to push a man who embodies the corruption of the times to his death * Sainsbury's magazine * With atmospheric strokes, Thompson, a film expert, draws an unforgettable picture of New York as if it were part of a black and white movie and paints a delicate canvas of thrills and emotions * CrimeTime * Evocative * Crime Monthly * Atmospheric * i paper * From the Dust Bowl of the Great Depression to a New York changing forever as the tenement-dwellers are forced to make way for the skyscrapers, this is an elegantly written debut. It's a novel about gangsters and their pet politicians, of Greenwich Village artists and nightclub musicians, of corruption and violence - a wonderful recreation of an era that's both scintillating and horrifying -- Mat Coward * Morning Star *