Cold City
A Repairman Jack Novel
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4.5 • 6 Ratings
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Publisher Description
In the dark underbelly of New York City, a "fix-it" man with a knack for the macabre takes on his toughest cases yet...
Cold City is the first of three Repairman Jack prequels, revealing the past of one of the most popular characters in contemporary dark fantasy. Jack is a self-styled "fix-it" man, hired by victimized people who have no one else to turn to. A few months after his arrival in New York City, Jack finds himself entangled in a web of danger and intrigue.
From running afoul of Dominican criminals to disrupting the smuggling of preteen sex slaves, Jack navigates the city's seedy underworld, encountering the supernatural and forging alliances with enigmatic characters like Abe and the Mikulski brothers. As he confronts Arab adversaries and delves into a passionate affair, Jack's adventures take a sinister turn when he winds up at the East Side Marriott on the fateful night of Meir Kahane's assassination.
Unraveling mysteries and battling dark forces, Jack's origin story is a gritty, suspenseful journey into the heart of urban terror. Cold City is a must-read for fans of supernatural thrillers, paranormal suspense, and the occult.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Wilson's lively first in a projected trilogy of prequels to his Repairman Jack saga (Nightworld, etc.), Jack, newly arrived in Manhattan, begins honing the skills that will eventually make him a formidable urban mercenary who operates off the grid. Jack's talent for finding trouble is already well developed, as becomes clear when his job smuggling cigarettes runs him afoul of Arab jihadists, the mob, and a ring of sex slavers. Wilson expertly evokes Manhattan in all its gritty glory in the early '90s and introduces series regulars Abe Grossman, Jack's gunrunner and surrogate father, and Julio, the hard-working barkeep at Jack's preferred watering hole, the Spot. Though preachy in spots and devoid of the supernatural subtext that invigorates the later novels, this valentine to Jack's legion of fans still packs a wallop that whets the appetite for his next early adventure.
