Harlem Detectives: The Real Cool Killers (Series #2) (Paperback)

from lriley

Continuing on in his series of crime thrillers based in Harlem--The real cool killers--is the followup to 'A rage in Harlem' this time though focusing more on his two black police detectives Coffin Ed and Gravedigger Jones for his main characterization which makes it more of a police procedural. ...

from lriley

Continuing on in his series of crime thrillers based in Harlem--The real cool killers--is the followup to 'A rage in Harlem' this time though focusing more on his two black police detectives Coffin Ed and Gravedigger Jones for his main characterization which makes it more of a police procedural. ...

from DinoReader

It's the noir on steroids that no one else wrote for another 20+ years. It's not my favorite type of writing but it did something different and has a visceral quality that's missing from most modern noir.

from KurtWombat

Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson have fantastic names but are utterly believable as is every wonderful word of Chester Himes THE REAL COOL KILLERS. Their interplay based on mutual respect and a shared understanding of the world around them makes opening any of their stories worthwhile. Th...

from Smiler69

A big white man is murdered in cold blood in the streets of Harlem in front of countless bystanders. But who is the killer? The drunken crazed man who's chased him from a bar, or a member the Real Muslims, a gang of kids dressed up as arab sheikhs? Why was he killed? Out of anger, just for kicks,...