TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fisher,Rudolph
AU  - Klinger,Leslie S.
TI  - The conjure-man dies: a mystery tale of dark Harlem 
T2  - Library of Congress crime classics
SN  - 9781464215964
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Naperville, Illinois
PB  - Poisoned Pen Press
KW  - Murder
KW  - Investigation
KW  - Fiction
KW  - African American detectives
KW  - African Americans
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - New York
KW  - Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
KW  - Detective and mystery fiction
KW  - lcgft
N1  - "This edition of The Conjure-Man Dies is based on the first edition in the Library of Congress's collection, originally published in 1932 by Covici-Friede."--Title page verso; Includes bibliographical references
N2  - An unmissable entry in the esteemed Library of Congress Crime Classics, an exciting new classic mystery series created in exclusive partnership with the Library of Congress to highlight the best of American crime fiction. When the body of N'Gana Frimbo, the African conjure-man, is discovered in his consultation room, Perry Dart, one of Harlem's ten Black police detectives, is called in to investigate. Together with Dr Archer, a physician from across the street, Dart is determined to solve the baffling mystery, helped and hindered by Bubber Brown and Jinx Jenkins, local boys keen to clear themselves of suspicion of murder and undertake their own investigations. This groundbreaking mystery is the first ever to feature a Black detective and all Black characters, written by Black author Rudolph Fisher, who was a principal writer of the Harlem Renaissance
ER  -