Cold City (Repairman Jack: Early Years Trilogy)

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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to the usual crew for their efforts: my wife Mary, my editor David Hartwell, Steven Spruill, Elizabeth Monteleone, Heather Graham, Kathy Love, plus Becky Maines, Blake Dollens, Dannielle Romeo, and my agent Albert Zuckerman.

Author’s Note

If you’ve never read a Repairman Jack novel, Cold City is a good place to start.  It kicks off The Early Years Trilogy which begins in 1990 and recounts how Jack arrived in New York City as a callow twenty-one-year old and made the city his home.

NYC was a different place then.  The Disneyfication of Times Square was still years away.  A national recession was on, the crime rate was high, and 42 Street was still Grindhouse Row.

Jack was different too.  He didn’t know the ropes yet – hell, he didn’t even know where to find the ropes.  But he’s a quick learner, adaptable, and choosy about who he’ll call a friend. In other words, a natural-born survivor.

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