The Essential Harlem DetectivesA one volume selection of FOUR scintillating stories in the legendary Harlem Detectives series a blistering, ground breaking satire of Harlem's criminal underworld by master crime writer Chester Himes. A friend and contemporary of Richard Wright and James Baldwin and every bit their equal Chester Himes was the acclaimed author of literary novels, stories and essays, as well as the classic crime fiction series for which he is best known, featuring