The Cold Six Thousand

Oct 20, 2024 3:49 PM

Author:James Ellroy

DALLAS, NOVEMBER 22ND, 1963.

Wayne Tedrow Jr has arrived to kill a man. The fee is $6,000. He finds himself instead in the middle of the cover-up following JFK's assassination. There follows a hellish five-year ride through the sordid underbelly of public policy via Las Vegas, Howard Hughes, Vietnam, CIA dope dealing, Cuba, sleazy showbiz, racism and the Klan.

This is the 1960s under Ellroy's blistering lens, the icons of the era mingled with cops, killers, hoods, and provocateurs. The Cold Six Thousand is historical confluence as American nightmare. Fierce, epic fiction. A masterpiece.

Reviews

The quality mark of The Cold Six Thousand is that it can give heavyweight punch to even that most worked-over image, the shooting of JFK ... Knockout

—— Guardian

Richer and darker than ever, this story ... reminds us how far ahead of his peers Ellroy really is

—— New Statesman

The Cold Six Thousand is as brutal and honest an exposure of the American Dream as anyone could hope for

—— Scotsman

Astonishing ... not America corrupted, but America in its purest, uncut form

—— Independent

Ellroy is the author of some of the most powerful crime novels ever written

—— New York Times

An explosive new novel from the modern master of noir

—— Review

A skillful, psychologically acute tale of how violence affects a small town

—— Los Angeles Times

[A] fearless first novel

—— New York Times Book Review

Classic thriller start of a series.

—— LEICESTER MERCURY

A seamless debut...funnier and more self-depreciating than Reacher.

—— DAILY TELEGRAPH REVIEW

Irresistibly dramatic... Susan Hill has done the genre real honour

—— Chicago Tribune

The Woman in Black won’t fail to have you looking over your shoulder!

—— Kettle

Still gives us nightmares.

—— Jonathan Hatfull , SciFiNow

It is bursting with classic Gothic horror motifs and Susan Hill is a master of atmospheric descriptions. She evokes so cleverly the decrepit Eel Marsh House, the mention of its name enough to make the locals pause, their faces darken in unspoken wariness… The Woman in Black gives a thrilling sense of unease and provides just the right level of things that go bump in the night for a spine-tingling good read.

—— Khoollect

This spine-tingling novel… will certainly keep your nerves jangling

—— Woman's Weekly

An excellent ghost story...magnificently eerie...compulsive reading

—— Evening Standard

She writes with great power, authentically chilling

—— Daily Telegraph

One of the most popular British ghost stories of modern times

—— Observer

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