The Detective Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson Harlem crime novels are originals with few precedents. Chester Himes published many of them as paperback originals in this country.

FROM THE PUBLISHER - This murder was a toughie to figure out. There were too many players, too many deals, too many cards missing. There was JOHNNY - he was king of a big Harlem gambling syndicate. He was away from home a lot and he worried about losing his queen. Her name was DULCY. She was true to Johnny, but even a queen gets lonesome, playing solitaire every night. CHINK CHARLIE was a fast moving knave. He figured a shuffle was due and maybe he'd land on top of the deck. DOLL BABY - a low little number, but well stacked. She didn't care whose partner, she played with as long as she stayed in the game. ALAMENA - Johnny's ex-wife. A discard who lay around hoping to get picked up again. And sitting on top of the whole deal were those two wild cards from Harlem homicide, Detectives Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones. They weren't playing any game. They were hot after the joker who had dealt the dead man's hand.

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