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The Crazy Kill

A Grave Digger & Coffin Ed Novel

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The Crazy Kill

Written by: Chester Himes
Narrated by: Dion Graham
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Outside the apartment where a wake is going on, the manager of the A&P across the street is robbed. Reverend Short, a storefront preacher addicted to opium and brandy, is watching from a bedroom window in the flat. He leans out too far and falls, but a huge bread basket, sitting outside the bakery below, saves him. Back inside, he says he sees a vision of a dead man. Outside, in the very basket Short landed in, lies the body of Valentine Haines. Who murdered Val? It is up to Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson to find out.

©1959 Chester Himes, copyright renewed 1987 by Lesley Himes (P)2011 Audible, Inc. Crime Thrillers Fiction Hard-Boiled Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Thriller Crime

What the critics say

“this mystery is full of wonderfully stereotypical characters, portrayed by Dion Graham in a silky voice…Graham’s characterizations of gangsters, preachers, and thieves are energetic and imaginative, especially when the action heats up. This period whodunit is a treat for listeners who enjoy hearing zany characters brought to life with panache.” ( Audiofile)
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Very good story. Plot twists around but it delivers at the end. Reader is excellent.

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