The Big Gold Dream by Chester Himes Paperback Book 9780241692622

Fastpaced and hardboiled this Harlem Detectives novel follows a pile of stolen money or it would if anyone could find it Alberta Wright drops dead on the street during a sermon by the charismatic con man Sweet Prophet Her partner rushes home to avoid the cops only to find her apartment looted by someone looking for her stash of cash But soon it becomes apparent that there are number of players in the race for Albertas dough Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones are called in to investigate but they know full well the bodies havent stopped dropping yet