The Heats On by Chester Himes Paperback Book 9780241521106

The greatest find in American crime fiction since Raymond Chandler Sunday TimesDetectives Coffin Ed and Grave Digger Jones have lost two criminals Pinky ran off but it shouldnt be hard to track down a giant albino in Harlem Jake the drug dealer though isnt coming back he died after Grave Digger punched him in the stomach And his death might cost them both their badges Unless they can track down the cause of all this mayhem like the African with his throat slit and the dog the size of a lion with an open head woundChester Himess hardboiled tales of Harlem have a barely contained chaos and a visceral macabre edge all their own