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The Real Cool Killers

by Chester Himes

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The Real Cool Killers is a hardboiled crime fiction novel written by Chester Himes. Published in 1959, it is the second book in the Grave Digger Jones & Coffin Ed Johnson Mysteries. The protagonists of the novel, Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed, are a pair of black detectives who patrol the dangerous slums of Harlem. The book was originally published in French under the title Il pleut des coups durs.

First published: 1969
Category
Mystery
Priority
Recommended
Author works
2
Language
eng
Subjects
African American policeCoffin Ed Johnson (Fictitious character)FictionGrave Digger Jones (Fictitious character)PoliceNew york (n.y.), fictionFiction, mystery & detective, generalAfrican americans, fictionJones, grave digger (fictitious character), fictionJohnson, coffin ed (fictitious character), fiction

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