Author: Himes, ChesterModern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Published 13/07/2023 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of the Penguin Modern Classics – Crime & Espionage series
Paperback | 240 pages'The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect' Daily TelegraphA con-man is swindling the poor folk of Harlem out of their life savings - and now all hell's broken loose.
The 'Reverend' Deke O'Malley has just made $87,000 by duping his followers, only for white gunmen to hijack the rally and escape with the cash hidden inside a bale of cotton. Now ace detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson must get the good people of Harlem their money back by any means necessary, in a raucous, breakneck adventure involving double-crosses, exotic dancers, a racist colonel and a whole pile of bodies...
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SKU: 9780241639221
£9.99Price
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