# The Crazy Kill

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- Authors: [Chester Himes](https://www.bookquiver.com/chester-himes)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2024-11-28

## Description

Big Joe Pullen is dead and his wake is getting boozy. When the opium-addicted Reverend Short falls out of a window trying to see a thief fleeing the robbed store opposite, his life is saved when he lands in a bread basket, cushioned by the corpse of Valentine Haines. It’s up to detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson to find out who stabbed Valentine – though no one at the wake is keen to say much to the police. Shot through with dry, dark humour, this is Chester Himes at his hardboiled noir best.

## Editions

### The Crazy Kill

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-18-0206-564-0
- Published: 2024-11-28
- Language: en_GB

### The Crazy Kill

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-02-4169-263-9
- Pages: 192
- Published: 2024-11-28
- Language: en_GB

### The Crazy Kill

- Publisher: vintage_crime_black_lizard
- ISBN: 978-06-7972-572-5
- Pages: 160
- Published: 1989-12-17
- Language: en_US