Per its blurb,
The Conjure-Man Dies is a piece of history: the description indicates that it is the first "mystery...ever to feature a Black detective and all Black characters". That tends to put it under a bright spotlight, and might make it hard for the book to live up to its billing. I had a review copy of the recently issued e-book version a while back though, and found it very enjoyable. And I wished that the author, Rudolph Fisher, who was one of the Harlem Renaissance writers, hadn't died young, before he was able to publish more mysteries.
And now
The Conjure-Man Dies is on sale for $1.99 in the US, and it's discountable at Kobo US.
Kindle US:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097GGZ3FS
Kindle US/Smile:
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B097GGZ3FS
Kobo US (discountable with coupon code "Partners22"):
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-conjure-man-dies
Spoiler:
Quote:
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.
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