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January 1959

  • The Big Gold Dream (Harlem Cycle, #4)by Chester Himes
    Not ratedpublished January 1, 1959

    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

  • The Crazy Kill (Harlem Cycle, #3)by Chester Himes
    Not ratedpublished January 1, 1959

    From “one of the most important American writers of the 20th century” (Walter Mosley) comes a classic thriller in the trailblazing Harlem Detectives series, in which love and jealousy erupt into violence. One early morning, Reverend Short is watching from his bedroom window as th...