The Cold Six Thousand is a 2001 novel by James Ellroy. A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Photo of James Ellroy by Robert Birnbaum James Ellroy (born March 4, 1948 in Los Angeles, California as Lee Earle Ellroy) is one of the worlds best-selling crime writers and essayists with a unique telegraphic writing style, which omits words other writers would consider necessary. ...

It begins on November 22, 1963, minutes after the John F. Kennedy assassination in Dallas, Texas, and continues for roughly five years. It is the sequel to Ellroy's American Tabloid, and continues many of the first novel's characters and plotlines. Specifically, it follows three rogue American law-enforcement officials and their involvement in the turmoil of the 1960s. November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... John F. Kennedy The assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, took place on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, USA at 12:30 PM Central Standard Time (18:30 UTC). ... Dallas redirects here. ... State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry Official languages None. ... American Tabloid is a 1995 novel by James Ellroy. ...

Ward Littell, former FBI agent turned high-powered Mafia lawyer, arrives in Dallas with J. Edgar Hoover's blessing to "manage" the investigation and ensure a consensus: Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. Pete Bondurant, Littell's best friend and partner, is a Mob soldier and veteran of the CIA's war against Fidel Castro and now the Mafia point-man for their Las Vegas operations. Wayne Tedrow, Jr., an Army veteran and Las Vegas cop, is paid six thousand dollars to fly to Dallas and murder a black pimp, and is instead thrust into the assassination's aftermath. As the tension over race relations and the Vietnam War builds and explodes throughout the decade, all three become involved in a single plot to kill two men: Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... The Mafia, also referred to as La Cosa Nostra (Italian, variously translated as This Thing Of Ours or Our Thing), is the collective name of various secret organizations in Italy, Sicily, Corsica and the United States. ... Hoover in 1961 John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from May 10, 1924, until his death in 1972, having been appointed to that position for life by President John Calvin Coolidge. ... Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963) was the assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, according to the conclusions of two government investigations into the assassination. ... CIA, see CIA (disambiguation). ... Fidel Castro Fidel Castro Ruz (born August 13, 1926), has led Cuba since 1959, when, leading the 26th of July Movement, he overthrew the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, and transformed Cuba into the first Communist-led state in the Western Hemisphere. ... This article is about the city of Las Vegas in Nevada. ... The Vietnam War was a war fought roughly from 1957 to 1975 after the North Vietnamese government secretly agreed to begin involvement in South Vietnam. ... Martin Luther King Jr. ... Robert Kennedy Robert Francis Bobby Kennedy, also called RFK (November 20, 1925–June 6, 1968) was the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy, and was appointed by his brother as Attorney General for his administration. ...

Ellroy has stated in interviews that he is working on the sequel, currently titled Police Gazette. It is tentatively scheduled for 2005. The Police Gazette has been the title of several publications. ...