One Night, New York

'A page turner with style' (Erin Kelly)

Lara Thompson

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Virago Press Ltd
27 April 2021

Crime & Mystery; Historical mysteries; Religious aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships

'ONE NIGHT, NEW YORK transports the reader to the glitter and the danger of old New York. A page-turner with style.' ERIN KELLY

'ENTHRALLING' THE TIMES, BEST NEW HISTORICAL FICTION

A THRILLING DEBUT NOVEL OF CORRUPTION AND MURDER, SET IN THE NIGHTCLUBS, TENEMENTS AND SKYSCRAPERS OF 1930s NEW YORK - FROM THE WINNER OF THE VIRAGO/THE POOL NEW CRIME WRITER AWARD.

At the top of the Empire State Building on a freezing December night, two women hold their breath. Frances and Agnes are waiting for the man who has wronged them. They plan to seek the ultimate revenge.

Set over the course of a single night, One Night, New York is a detective story, a romance and a coming-of-age tale. It is also a story of old New York, of bohemian Greenwich Village between the wars, of floozies and artists and addicts, of a city that sucked in creatives and immigrants alike, lighting up the world, while all around America burned amid the heat of the Great Depression.

'An atmospheric portrait of a city in the grip of the Great Depression as well as a compelling crime story' GUARDIAN

'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

By: Lara Thompson
Imprint: Virago Press Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 238mm, Width: 164mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 540g
ISBN: 9780349011080
ISBN 10: 0349011087
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 27 April 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lara Thompson beat hundreds of applicants to win the inaugural Virago/The Pool New Crime Writer Award competition with the manuscript of her first novel, ONE NIGHT NEW YORK. Lara is a lecturer in film at Middlesex University and she drew on her love of film noir, the photography of Berenice Abbot and her own family history for its backdrop. Born in Cornwall, she now lives in London.

Reviews for One Night, New York: 'A page turner with style' (Erin Kelly)

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 *