The greatest find in American crime fiction since Raymond Chandler Sunday TimesJacksons woman has found him a foolproof way to make money a technique for turning ten dollar bills into hundreds But when the scheme somehow fails Jackson is left broke wanted by the police and desperately racing to get back both his money and his loving ImabelleThe first of Chester Himess novels featuring the hardboiled Harlem detectives Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones A Rage in Harlem has swagger brutal humour lurid violence a hearse loaded with gold and a conman dressed as a Sister of MercyWith an Introduction by Luc Sante
