num_pages: 162
description: From “one of the most important American writers of the 20th century” (Walter Mosley) comes a classic thriller in the trailblazing Harlem Detectives series, in which love and jealousy erupt into violence.  One early morning, Reverend Short is watching from his bedroom window as the A&amp;P across the street is robbed. As he tries to see the thief get away, the opium-addicted preacher leans too far and falls out--but he is unscathed, thanks to an enormous bread basket outside the bakery downstairs.  As the crowd gathers to see what happened, a shocking discovery is There is another body in the bread basket, and Valentine Haines is dead, really dead. It's up to Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson to find out who murdered Val.
language: English
title: The Crazy Kill
titlecomplete: The Crazy Kill (Harlem Cycle, #3)
characters: Grave Digger Jones, Coffin Ed Johnson
genres: 20th Century, Crime, American, African American, Novels, Hard Boiled, Noir, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 602
series: Harlem Cycle
publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group