Cotton Comes To Harlem - Chester Himes

the New Crime And Espionage Series From Penguin Classics Makes For A Mouth-watering Prospect' Daily Telegrapha Con-man Is Swindling The Poor Folk Of Harlem Out Of Their Life Savings - And Now All Hell's Broken Loose.the 'reverend' Deke O'malley Has Just Made 87,000 By Duping His Followers, Only For White Gunmen To Hijack The Rally And Escape With The Cash Hidden Inside A Bale Of Cotton. Now Ace Detectives Grave Digger Jones And Coffin Ed Johnson Must Get The Good People Of Harlem Their Money Back By Any Means Necessary, In A Raucous, Breakneck Adventure Involving Double-crosses, Exotic Dancers, A Racist Colonel And A Whole Pile Of Bodies.