Shanghai Ruby's

"Thompson has the ability to describe Shanghai Ruby's characters, set during the 1940s Hollywood's Golden Age, from amorous to menacing, with equal entertainment for the reader. You can almost smell the Lucky Strike cigarette smoke wafting across the room, taste a cold brew at Shanghai Ruby's bar and admire the beautiful femme fatale's sprinkled throughout. It's filled with action, suspense and mystery. Great read." - Larry Morphew, Author of Country Folk 

"David R. Thompson has once again proven that he's the king when it comes to spinning a hard-boiled detective yarn. His prose oozes with language that harkens back to the best of Hammett or Chandler. It's 1948, and P.I. Matthew Thornton is doing what he does best-solving crimes. In this latest novel Shanghai Ruby's, Thornton has his arms full, taking on a communist organization whose plans is to destroy the Hollywood film industry. He meets shady characters along the way who don't make his job easy-but Thornton is tough. Neither femme fatale, thugs, or mobsters will deter him from solving the case. A 'don't miss reading, or you'll be sorry' detective novel. Thoroughly entertaining. A real page-turner. I highly recommend it." - Tony Piazza, Author of A Murder Amongst Angels

"It's 1948 in the seedy underbelly of LA and P.I. Matthew Thornton is asked by a friend of Bogey himself to recover stolen jewelry. A task that drags him into the world of organized crime where violence, murder, sex, and a host of very dangerous characters await. Fast-paced, great characters and well-plotted. Highly recommended." - DP Lyle, Award-winning, best-selling author of the Jake Longly, Sam Cody, Dub Walker and Cain/Harper thriller series and Forensic Science series 

"Like your Java sweetened with a shot of bourbon, baby? Have I got the brew for you, served scorching hot at Shanghai Ruby's the title of David R. Thompson's new novel. Set in 1948 Los Angeles, this cup is filled to the steaming brim with bombshell broads, blazing bullets, blackmail, and betrayals-not to mention Communist counterfeiters, exotic night clubs, and international intrigue. Cream and sugar? Maybe some sugar, at least a steamy honey trap or two from his femme fatales." - James Lincoln Warren, Award-winning author of The 1% Solution, Treviscoe of Lloyd's mystery series, Mother Brimstone, and When the Wind Blows