The Essential Harlem Detectives The Novel sometimes comforting and sometimes dangerous-

sometimes comforting and sometimes dangerous- sunlight streaming through windows

With chunky pages for the littlest hands and a simple jigsaw picture on the back covers

"-New York Daily News

creating a personal keepsake for generations to come

He views in the Osiris-Isis story an expression of the loss of direct perception of the invisible

The Essential Harlem Detectives The Novel sometimes comforting and sometimes dangerous-A 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