The Crazy Kill, Paperback
Descriere
Love and jealousy erupt into violence in The Crazy Kill, a classic thriller in Chester Himes's trailblazing Harlem Detectives series. One early morning, Reverend Short is watching from his bedroom window as the A&P across the street is robbed. As he triesto see the thief get away, the opium-addicted preacher leanstoo far and falls out--but he isunscathed, thanks to an enormousbread basket outside the bakery downstairs. As the crowd gathers to see what happened, a shocking discovery is made: There is another body in the bread basket, and Valentine Haines is dead, really dead. It's up to Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson ti find out who murdered Val.""
Despre autor
Chester Bomar Himes a fost un scriitor american. Printre operele sale, dintre care unele au fost ecranizate, se numără If He Hollers Let Him Go, publicată în 1945, și seria de romane Harlem Detective, pentru care este cel mai cunoscut, având loc în anii 1950 și începutul anilor 1960 și prezentând doi polițiști negri numiți Grave Digger Jones și Coffin Ed Johnson.
