Run Man Run
by Chester Himes
Publication Date: Oct 08, 2024
List Price: $17.00
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780593686720
Imprint: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
Description of Run Man Run by Chester Himes
In this knockout standalone crime novel from the acclaimed author of the Harlem Detectives series, a white cop’s murderous outburst leads to a pulse-pounding chase to silence a witness.
A few days after Christmas, a white cop in New York is as drunk as he’s ever been. And he’s convinced his car has been stolen. He believes the thieves are the Black workers at a luncheonette on 37th and Fifth Avenue, and when he staggers in, his .32 caliber goes off. But who would believe it was an accident? Now, two men are dead, and a witness has gotten away.
What follows is a heart-stopping chase of epic proportions. A master of tension and a deft chronicler of racism in post-war America, Himes delivers here one of his most compelling, dramatic novels of suspense.