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No writer alive knows the courtroom any better than trial lawyer-turned-novelist Larry D. Thompson.  He stakes out the gray area between morality and the law, cranks up the tension and delivers a powerful story with compelling characters…When the gavel sounds in Thompson’s courtroom, the reader snaps to attention.
Paul Levine, Best Selling author of many great books.

Welcome, Dear Reader, to my website, a place where I intend to tell you a little about myself, dialogue with you about my books and any other topics of interest, educate and inform you and, hopefully, entice you into going to your nearest book store and buying one or more of my novels. Oh, and I’ll try to make you smile from time to time.

This is an exciting time for me.  My second legal thriller, THE TRIAL, will be published by Thomas Dunne Books and St. Martin’s Press on March 29, 2011.  It’s garnering tremendous advance attention.  You can read more about it by clicking on the book cover on this page.  You can also learn more about me and the remarkable journey from having to self publish my first novel to landing a contract with Thomas Dunne.

The excitement really began when THE TRIAL was selected as a featured alternate selection by Doubleday Book Club, Literary Guild Book Club, Mystery Book Club and Doubleday Large Print Book Club.  When their editors made that choice, it validated my belief that I had written a pretty darn good novel.

Then the quotes started coming in.  I was floored by the response from reviewers and other authors many of them multiple New York Times best sellers.  Here’s a sample.  You can read more by clicking on THE TRIAL cover.

Larry Thompson’s THE TRIAL is just terrific, a big contemporary theme, insider legal insights, a tight, gripping plot, and characters that live and breathe.  This book is as real asa heart attack and every bit as suspenseful.
John Lescroart, New York Times Best Selling Author of the Dismas Hardy series.

Larry Thompson has written a bright, feisty, smart legal thriller drawing on his three decades as a trial lawyer. There’s plenty of sizzle and clout from a plot that unwinds similar to speeding down a slalom course, with all the associated twists and turns.
Steve Berry, New York Times Best Selling Author of The Paris Vendetta.

THE TRIAL by Larry Thompson is not only fascinating but explosive with true insider details about both the law and medicine.  With characters you’d want for your neighbors, the story will touch you, teach you and rivet you to the last page.
Gayle Lynds, New York Times Best Selling Author of The Book of Spies.