Big Joe Pullen is dead and his wake is getting boozy. When the opium-addicted Reverend Short falls out of a window trying to see a thief fleeing the robbed store opposite, his life is saved when he lands in a bread basket, cushioned by the corpse of Valentine Haines. It’s up to detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson to find out who stabbed Valentine – though no one at the wake is keen to say much to the police Shot through with dry, dark humour, this is Chester Himes at his hardboiled noir best.


Format Häftad Omfång 160 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Penguin Books Ltd Utgivningsdatum 2024-11-28 ISBN 9780241692639