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  Also by Richard E. Crabbe

  Suspension

  The Empire of Shadows

  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.

  THOMAS DUNNE BOOKS.

  An imprint of St. Martin’s Press.

  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