Jamaica Plain’s Amenta Talks About New Book ‘The Cold Hard Light’ By David Ertischek on August 29, 2022 Jamaica Plain’s Amenta Talks About New Book ‘The Cold Hard Light’ Jamaica Plain’s Christopher Amenta’s debut fiction novel The Cold Hard Light was recently released by Blackstone Publishing. Amenta fielded questions about the new book, his inspiration, the Boston locations the story is set, and more.