Paperback – 159 pages

A special edition ofA Rage inHarlem, aripping introduction to Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, who patrol New York Citys roughest streets in Chester Himess groundbreaking Harlem Detectives series.Featuring an introduction by James Ellroy.

For love of fine, wily Imabelle, hapless Jackson surrenders his life savings to a con man who knows the secret of turning ten-dollar bills into hundredsand then he steals from his boss, only to lose the stolen money at a craps table. Luckily for him, he can turn to his savvy twin brother, Goldy, who earns a livingdisguised as a Sister of Mercyby selling tickets to Heaven in Harlem. With Goldy on his side, Jackson is ready for payback.

Himess Harlem saga vies with the novels of David Goodis and Jim Thompson as the inescapable achievement of postwar American crime fiction.The New York Times

A Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Special Edition