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.

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HELL’S GATE. Copyright © 2008 by Richard E. Crabbe. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Crabbe, Richard E.

Hell’s gate: a novel / Richard E. Crabbe.—1st ed.

   p. cm.

“Thomas Dunne Books.”

ISBN-13: 978-0-312-34159-6

ISBN-10: 0-312-34159-8

1. Police—New York (State)—New York—Fiction. 2. Street life—New York (State)—New York—Fiction. 3. Gangs—New York (State)—New York—Fiction. 4. New York (N.Y.)—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3553.R18H45      2008

813'.54—dc22

2008012280

First Edition: June 2008

eISBN 9781466862012

First eBook edition: December 2013