One night, New York / Lara Thompson.

Select an Action

Title:

One night, New York / Lara Thompson.

Author:

Thompson, Lara, author.

ISBN:

9781643138398

Edition:

First Pegasus books cloth edition.

Publication Information:

New York : Pegasus Crime, 2021.

Physical Description:

328 pages ; 24 cm

Abstract:

"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-lighting up the world, while all around them America burned with the Great Depression"-- Provided by publisher.

Subject Term:

Women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.

Revenge -- Fiction.

Murder -- Fiction.

Female friendship -- Fiction.

Lesbians -- Fiction.

Nineteen thirties -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.

Genre:

Historical fiction.

Detective and mystery stories.

Available:*

Library	Material Type	Item Barcode	Shelf Number	Status
Searching... Avon-Washington Township Public Library	Adult Fiction Book Hardback	120791002940552	F THO	Searching... Unknown

Bound With These Titles

On Order

Summary

Set over the course of a single evening, this literary thriller is at once a detective story, a romance, and a coming-of-age tale. It is also a story of old New York, of Greenwich Village between the wars, of artists and bohemians lighting up Manhattan as the Great Depression descends upon the city.

For the hundredth time since they'd made their promise, she wondered if she and Agnes were really going to go through with it, if she was brave and terrible enough . . .

A thrilling debut novel of corruption and murder set in the nightclubs, tenements, and skyscrapers of 1930s New York.

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--lighting up the world, while all around them America burned with the Great Depression.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

In 1932, Frances Addams, the protagonist of Thompson's winning debut, flees a Kansas dust bowl farm for New York City, where she joins her older brother, Stan, whom she hasn't heard from in months. Frances suspects Stan, who looks worn down, and his friend from back home, Ben, a WWI vet who makes a living as a sax player, may be involved in dangerous illegal activity--though neither one will tell her anything. When Stan ends up murdered, Frances embarks, with the help of Ben and her friend and love interest, Agnes, on a perilous quest to enact vengeance on her brother's killer that leads her into the sordid underbelly of Prohibition-era organized crime--and to the top of the Empire State Building. Simultaneously an amateur sleuth mystery, a romance, and a coming-of-age tale, this depiction of Depression-era New York is both richly described and poignantly insightful ("His cologne was so strong she felt faint, flooded with the smell of money and good times and danger"). Deep character development, relentless pacing, and understated noir atmospherics bode well for Thompson's next. (Dec.)

Booklist Review

Kansas farm girl Frances follows her older brother Stan to New York City to escape her abusive father. On the train to New York, she meets Jacks, a journalist, and Dicky, a photographer. They're wealthy, glamorous, and sophisticated, and their lifestyle is eye-opening but mystifying to Frances. When she discovers that Stan lives in a rundown, rat-infested tenement, the contrast couldn't be more marked. She knows he won't approve of her blossoming friendship with Jacks and Dicky, nor of her attraction to Dicky's assistant, Agnes, but she continues to see them and feels attracted to their flamboyant lifestyle. But then something terrible happens, and Frances finds herself drawn into a dark and deadly world where scandal and corruption are rife, money and power reign, life is cheap, and violence is ever-present. Set in Depression-era New York, Thompson's story portrays both the glitter and glamour of the Big Apple and its darker, seamier side. Noirish, evocative, and original, with charismatic and colorful characters, bizarre twists, and an unexpected ending, this is a promising debut from a talented new author.