# Coffin ed/gravedigger

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 23, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffin-ed-gravedigger/1000671 "2024-04-23T19:46:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffin-ed-gravedigger/1000671/1 "2024-04-23T19:46:11Z")

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Hopefully someone can help me in my search; I remember reading a book, I think by author Joseph Hansen (no luck with Google search), about 2 Black Harlem detectives who think they are Chester Himes detectives and travel to Paris. Any help greatly appreciated!

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**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffin-ed-gravedigger/1000671/2 "2024-04-25T21:47:22Z")

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Chester Himes moved to Paris and created Coffin Ed and the Gravedigger; I’ve read a lot of his Harlem crime novels but don’t recall one where they went to Paris. Not the most informative reply to your query, I guess, but there you go.