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Can I read In the Heat of the Night on EtoBox?
In the Heat of the Night by Ball, John is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is In the Heat of the Night about?
John Ball's 1965 mystery In the Heat of the Night tells the story of a black police officer named Virgil Tibbs who happens to be passing through a southern town at a particularly inauspicious moment. An orchestra conductor has been brutally murdered and the local police, without much in the way of real evidence, arrest Tibbs. On discovering that Tibbs is not the real killer but rather a highly-skilled homicide detective, the local police enlist Tibbs to help solve the case. Several factors made (and make) this novel so very relevant and timely. For one, the hero is a black police officer, which at the time the book was written was not a very common figure in popular culture. More, he eventually teams with a bigoted white southern police officer, Sheriff Gillespie. It is this relationship between the two men and the mutual respect and admiration that develops between them that exposes the bankruptcy of racial prejudice. Tibbs--a rational, gentlemanly, and highly capable detective--forces Gillespie to reconsider his stereotyped notions of black people. In the final account, Gillespie allows Tibbs the kind of respect that the racist sheriff did not offer at the story's opening. But Ti
Who reads In the Heat of the Night?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Ball, John
- Publisher
- RosettaBooks
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780795319419
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Mystery, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.18 / 5 (42 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14