A study of African American detective fiction which includes writers such as J.E. Bruce, Rudolph Fisher, Chester Himes, Ishmael Reed and Clarence Major. Themes such as altered detective personas, double-consciousness detection, black vernaculars and hoodoo are examined in the text.

A study of African American detective fiction which includes writers such as J.E. Bruce, Rudolph Fisher, Chester Himes, Ishmael Reed and Clarence Major. Themes such as altered detective personas, double-consciousness detection, black vernaculars and hoodoo are examined in the text.