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In this page-turning installment of the classic Harlem Detectives series, a woman dies at a con man's religious street revival, and her massive, secret pile of cash vanishes

Chester Himes, the greatest hardboiled crime writer since Raymond Chandler, is back in print with Pegasus Books. After arriving on the American literary scene with novels of scathing social protest like If He Hollers Let Him Go and The Lonely Crusade, Chester Himes created a... Read Full Overview

Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, two Black police detectives, investigate when a woman worshiper mysteriously dies at a revival meeting led by Sweet Prophet, a charismatic con man.

At a Harlem street sermon by Sweet Prophet Brown, fanatical Alberta Wright tells the crowd that she had a dream about three apple pies that burst open, filling her kitchen with hundred dollar bills. Minutes later, she washes down a holy fifty-dollar bread crumb with some water... Read Full Overview