The Mysteries to Die For Book Club Vintage Edition "A Rage in Harlem"

117 S. Pineapple Ave.,Sarasota FL 34236

09 May, 2023

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This monthly book club led by Elsie Souza is dedicated to reading vintage mystery novels. May’s pick is A Rage in Harlem, a ripping introduction to Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, who patrol New York City's roughest streets in Chester Himes's groundbreaking Harlem Detectives series.We will meet in person at our store location at The Mark, 117 S. Pineapple Ave. The book club is $16 which includes a copy of A Rage in Harlem to be picked up at Bookstore1 any time before our meeting.About A Rage in Harlem:A dark and witty work of hardboiled detective fiction set in the mean streets of New York. Jackson's woman has found him a foolproof way to make money - a technique for turning ten dollar bills into hundreds. But when the scheme somehow fails, Jackson is left broke, wanted by the police and desperately racing to get back both his money and his loving Imabelle. The first of Chester Himes's novels to feature the hardboiled Harlem detectives 'Coffin' Ed Johnson and 'Grave Digger' Jones, A Rage in Harlem has swagger, brutal humour, lurid violence, a hearse loaded with gold and a conman dressed as a Sister of Mercy. About the Author:Chester Himes (1909-1984) was born in Missouri in 1909. He began writing while serving a prison sentence for a jewel theft and published just short of twenty novels before his death in 1984. Among his best-known thrillers are Blind Man with a Pistol, Cotton Comes to Harlem, The Crazy Kill, A Rage in Harlem, The Real Cool Killers, and The Heat's On. .......................................................................... All signed up and unable to go? Please let us know! Seating is limited and there may be people on our waitlist who would like to to take your place. Please send an email to [email protected] ASAP and hopefully we'll see you next time. Click here to go to the Bookstore1Sarasota website.