Love and jealousy erupt into violence in The Crazy Kill , a classic thriller inChester 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 EdJohnson ti find out who murderedVal.
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Vintage Crime/black Lizard The crazy kill, paperback/chester himes
