The Crazy Kill

A classic thriller from the Harlem Detective series, where love, jealousy and many-peopled mayhem abound

Big Joe Pullen is dead and his wake is getting boozy. When the opium-addicted Reverend Short falls out of a window trying to see a thief fleeing the robbed store opposite, his life is saved when he lands in a bread basket, cushioned by the corpse of Valentine Haines. It’s up to detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson to find out who stabbed Valentine – though no one at the wake is keen to say much to the police. Shot through with dry, dark humour, this is Chester Himes at his hardboiled noir best.

• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• ISBN: 9780241692639
• Number of pages: 192
• Weight: 147g
• Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 11 mm