This collection of three novels presents Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, Harlem's toughest pair of cops. Renowned for their meanness and always armed with their legendary nickel-plated colts, they patrol the streets of Harlem and attempt to keep some semblance of law and order.
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This review is from: The Harlem Cycle: A Rage in Harlem; The Real Cool Killers; The Crazy Kill (Paperback)
This is a typically entertaining entry in Himes' Coffin Ed Johnson/Grave Digger Jones series. The two Harlem police detectives investigate a stabbing at a wake and the usual cast of colorful characters--gamblers, pool sharks, holy-roller preachers, etc.--are on hand. Himes may well be the best black American author of all time. It seems he was sold short by serious critics because of his status as a "crime writer" & perhaps by mystery fans because of his race, but it appears a major reappraisal of his work is underway and he is finally getting his due. GRADE: B
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This review is from: The Harlem Cycle: A Rage in Harlem; The Real Cool Killers; The Crazy Kill (Paperback)
An excellent series of stories. Himes writes about a subculture of crime and other pathologies without trying to score political points one way or the other. He's just telling a rousing tale. I'm eager to read more by him.
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