Detectives Coffin Ed and Grave Digger Jones have lost two criminals. Pinky ran off - but it shouldn\"t be hard to track down a giant albino in Harlem. Jake the drug dealer, though, isn\"t coming back - he died after Grave Digger punched him in the stomach. And his death might cost them both their badges....

A con-man is swindling the poor folk of Harlem out of their life savings - and now all hell\"s broken loose. The \"Reverend\" Deke O\"Malley has just made $87,000 by duping his followers, only for white gunmen to hijack the rally and escape with the cash hidden inside a bale of cotton....

A golden Cadillac big enough to cross the ocean has been seen sailing along the streets of Harlem. A hit-and-run victim\"s been hit so hard she got embedded in the wall of a convent. A shootout with three heistmen dressed as cops has left an important politician in a coma - and a lot of money missing....

The night\"s over for Ulysses Galen. It started going bad for the big Greek when a knife was drawn, then there was an axe, then he was being chased and shot at. Now Galen is lying dead in the middle of a Harlem street. But the night\"s just beginning for detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson....

A preacher called Deke O\"Malley\"s been selling false hope: the promise of a glorious new life in Africa for just $1,000 a family. But when thieves with machine guns steal the proceeds - and send one man\"s brain matter flying - the con is up....

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 night?s over for Ulysses Galen. It started going bad for the big Greek when a knife was drawn, then there was an axe, then he was being chased and shot at. Now Galen is lying dead in the middle of a Harlem street. But the night?s just beginning for detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson....

A preacher called Deke O?Malley?s been selling false hope: the promise of a glorious new life in Africa for just $1,000 a family. But when thieves with machine guns steal the proceeds ? and send one man?s brain matter flying ? the con is up....

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?...

Detectives Coffin Ed and Grave Digger Jones have lost two criminals. Pinky ran off ? but it shouldn?t be hard to track down a giant albino in Harlem. Jake the dwarf drug dealer, though, isn?t coming back ? he died after Grave Digger punched him in the stomach. And the dwarf?s death might cost them both their badges....

A golden Cadillac big enough to cross the ocean has been seen sailing along the streets of Harlem. A hit-and-run victim?s been hit so hard she got embedded in the wall of a convent. A shootout with three heistmen dressed as cops has left an important politician in a coma ? and a lot of money missing....