The Essential Harlem DetectivesBy: Chester himes Series: Everymans Library Contemporary Classics 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 detectives Coffin Ed Johnson and Gravedigger Jones. Himes wrote nine novels in the Harlem Detectives series, and in these four popular,