Harlem Detectives book 3 · 1959
The Crazy Kill
A preacher falls out of a window into a basket of bread, and climbs out to find a dead man in the basket.
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Book facts
- Author
- Chester Himes
- Series
- Harlem Detectives, book 3 of 9
- Published
- 1959
- Setting
- Set in New York
- Characters charted
- 2
- Chart confidence
- High
Who is in The Crazy Kill
2 recurring or key characters from Chester Himes’s chart.
Lead 2
- Coffin Ed JohnsonHarlem detective with an acid-scarred face
- Grave Digger JonesHis partner
Also featuring these characters
Other Chester Himes books that share the most characters with The Crazy Kill.
- A Rage in Harlem1957 · Harlem Detectives · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- All Shot Up1960 · Harlem Detectives · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Cotton Comes to Harlem1965 · Harlem Detectives · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Heat's On1966 · Harlem Detectives · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon