 First American edition hardcover | |
| Author | James Ellroy |
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| Cover artist | Jacket design by Chip Kidd Front-of-jacket photograph by Mell Kilpatrick |
| Language | English |
| Series | Underworld USA Trilogy |
| Genre | Novel, crime fiction |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
Publication date | May 8, 2001 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover & paperback), audio cassette, and audio download |
| Pages | 672 pp (first American edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | 0-679-40392-2 (first American edition, hardback) |
| OCLC | 46867617 |
| Preceded by | American Tabloid |
| Followed by | Blood's a Rover |
The Cold Six Thousand is a 2001 crime fiction novel by James Ellroy. It is the first sequel to American Tabloid in the Underworld USA Trilogy and continues many of the earlier novel's characters and plotlines. Specifically, it follows three rogue American law-enforcement officials and their involvement in the turmoil of the 1960s.