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The Big Gold Dream
A Novel
Chester Himes
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · February 13, 2024
Reading lane: Black Mystery
In this page-turning installment of the classic Harlem Detectives series, a woman dies at a con man's religious street revival, and her massive, secret pile of cash vanishes The charismatic con man Sweet Prophet is delivering an electrifying street sermon when Alberta Wright, a true believer who dreams of pies bursting with hundred-dollar bills, drops dead.
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Book Details
- Authors
- Chester Himes
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- February 13, 2024
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Black Mystery · Hard-Boiled Mystery
- Reading lane
- Black Mystery
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Hard-Boiled Mystery
Private Eye Fiction
Black Mystery
About This Book
In this page-turning installment of the classic Harlem Detectives series, a woman dies at a con man's religious street revival, and her massive, secret pile of cash vanishes The charismatic con man Sweet Prophet is delivering an electrifying street sermon when Alberta Wright, a true believer who dreams of pies bursting with hundred-dollar bills, drops dead. Her partner rushes home only to find her apartment looted—and a stash of cash she was trying to keep a secret long gone...
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