Лучшие произведения Честера Хаймза

Чернокожий парень случайно становится свидетелем убийства, которое совершил психопат-полисмен. Убийца начинает охоту на невольного свидетеля... Беги, негр, беги!

Два крутых полицейских детектива с экзотическими именами Могильщик и Гробовщик расследуют цепь таинственных убийств. Однако, неуловимому убийце легко затеряться в дремучих дебрях Гарлема, района похоти и поножовщины, любви и смерти.

Большая сумма денег 87 000 долларов спрятана в тюке хлопка. Желающих получить деньги много. Хлопок приходит в Гарлем.
Гробовщик и Могильщик собирают улики и раскрывают схему аферы.
Один из самых интересных триллеров Хаймза.

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Гроб Эд Джонсон и Могильщик Джонс, два черных полицейских детектива, расследуют таинственную смерть женщины на собрании Возрождения.

Пьяный проповедник засмотрелся на уличное ограбление, выпал из окна своем квартиры — и приземлился точно в контейнер ближайшей булочной, на дне которого оказался… труп с ножом в сердце. Свидетели лгут — или по крайней мере что-то скрывают. Ни один из обитателей Гарлема не хочет поддерживать «законы белых». Доверять никому нельзя...

The night's over for Ulysses Galen. It started going bad for the big Greek when a knife was drawn, then there was an axe, then he was being chased and shot at. Now Galen is lying dead in the middle of a Harlem street. But the night's just beginning for detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson. Because they have a smoking gun but it couldn't have killed Galen, and they had a suspect but a gang called the Real Cool Moslems took him. And as patrol cars and search teams descend on the neighbourhood, their case threatens to take a turn for the personal.
The Real Cool Killers is loaded with grizzly comedy and with all the raucous, threatening energy of the streets it's set on.

A Rage in Harlem is a ripping introduction to Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, patrolling New York City’s roughest streets in Chester Himes’s groundbreaking Harlem Detectives series.

For love of fine, wily Imabelle, hapless Jackson surrenders his life savings to a con man who knows the secret of turning ten-dollar bills into hundreds—and then he steals from his boss, only to lose the stolen money at a craps table. Luckily for him, he can turn to his savvy twin brother, Goldy, who earns a living—disguised as a Sister of Mercy—by selling tickets to Heaven in Harlem. With Goldy on his side, Jackson is ready for payback.

The night's over for Ulysses Galen. It started going bad for the big Greek when a knife was drawn, then there was an axe, then he was being chased and shot at. Now Galen is lying dead in the middle of a Harlem street. But the night's just beginning for detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson. Because they have a smoking gun but it couldn't have killed Galen, and they had a suspect but a gang called the Real Cool Moslems took him. And as patrol cars and search teams descend on the neighbourhood, their case threatens to take a turn for the personal. The Real Cool Killers is loaded with grizzly comedy and with all the raucous, threatening energy of the streets it's set on.

A preacher called Deke O'Malley's been selling false hope: the promise of a glorious new life in Africa for just $1,000 a family. But when thieves with machine guns steal the proceeds - and send one man's brain matter flying - the con is up. Now Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed mean to bring the good people of Harlem back their $87,000, however many corpses they have to climb over to get it.
Cotton Comes to Harlem is a non-stop ride, with violence, sex, double-crosses, and the two baddest detectives ever to wear a badge in Harlem.