It's the 1960s. A hot August night lies heavy over the Carolinas. The corpse -- legs sprawled, stomach down on the concrete pavement, arms above the head -- brings the patrol car to a halt. The local police pick up a black stranger named Virgil Tibbs, only to discover that their most likely suspect is a homicide detective from California -- and the racially tense community's single hope in solving a brutal murder that turns up no witnesses, no motives, no clues.

In the Heat of the Night (Perennial Library Mystery Series)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Ball, John

Mystery

Perennial / HarperCollins

Virgil Tibbs returns home from vacation to a plum assignment as bodyguard to a beautiful African first lady who has been sent to California for safekeeping and who is quickly taken hostage

Then Came Violence: A Virgil Tibbs Mystery

Literature & Fiction

United States

Harpercollins

The Mystery Story

Penguin??Books

A 50th-anniversary edition of the pioneering novel featuring African American police detective Virgil Tibbs—with a foreword by John Ridley, creator of the TV series American Crime and Oscar-winning screenwriter of 12 Years a Slave “They call me Mr. Tibbs” was the line immortalized by Sidney Poitier in the 1967 Oscar-winning movie adaptation of In the Heat of the Night, which won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel and the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger Award and was named one of the 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. Now fans of classic crime can rediscover this suspense-filled novel whose hero paved the way for James Patterson’s Alex Cross, George Pelecanos’s Derek Strange, and other African American detectives. A small southern town in the 1960s. A musician found dead on the highway. It’s no surprise when white detectives arrest a black man for the murder. What is a surprise is that the black man—Virgil Tibbs—is not the killer but a skilled homicide detective, passing through racially tense Wells, South Carolina, on his way back to California. Even more surprising, Wells’s new police chief recruits Tibbs to help with the investigation. But Tibbs’s presence in town rubs some of the locals the wrong way, and it won’t be long before the martial arts–trained detective has to fight not just for justice, but also for his own safety. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

In the Heat of the Night: The Original Virgil Tibbs Novel (Penguin Classics)

Penguin Classics

Introduces this country in the South Pacific Ocean made up of more than 800 scattered islands.

Let's Visit Fiji (Burke Books)

Children's Books

Fairclough, Chris

Main Line Book Co

A small southern town in the 1960s A musician found dead on the highway Its no surprise when white detectives arrest a black man for the murder What is a surprise is that the black man Virgil Tibbs is himself a skilled homicide detective from California whom inexperienced Chief Gillespie reluctantly recruits to help with the case Faced with mounting local hostility and a police force that seems determined to see him fail it isnt long before Tibbs trained in karate and aikido will have to fight not just for justice but also for his own safety The inspiration for the Academy Awardwinning film starring Sidney Poitier this iconic crime novel is a psychologically astute examination of racial prejudice an atmospheric depiction of the American South in the sixties and a brilliant suspensefilled read set in the sultry heat of the night

In the Heat of the Night (Penguin Modern Classics)

Genre Fiction

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A Treatise of the Covenant of Grace: Wherein the Graduall Breakings Out of Gospel-Grace From Adam to Christ Are Clearly Discovered, the Differences ... of Arminians and Others Are Confuted; the N

Religion & Spirituality

Franklin Classics

Miss One Thousand Spring Blossoms

She Broke an Ancient Tradition by Falling in Love   Kanno Masayo, Miss One Thousand Spring Blossoms, is the loveliest and most glamorous geisha in all of Japan. Dick Seaton is a shy, handsome American whose business takes him to Japan to close a very big deal. In violation of a timeless taboo, Dick and Kanno spend slow, tantalizing days falling in love.   Then Dick discovers that Kanno’s love was paid for by his businessmen hosts. Sensing his rage and hurt, Kanno flees in confusion. And, too late, Dick realizes the truth—that she really loved him.   Now, a stranger in a strange, exotic land, he must find her—and seduce her back into his life.   Love her for a night… and you will remember her for a lifetime.

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Then Came Violence

DOUBLEDAY

Kiwi (The) Target

Carroll&Graf

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