One for Virgil Tibbs

by John Ball

Overview

Through the medium of motion pictures Virgil Tibbs has become known round the world. The first movie about him was "In the Heat of the Night" (1967), in which Sidney Poitier played the role of Virgil, and played it superbly. The movie won five Academy Awards and was voted the best picture of the year by the New York Film Critics. Two sequels, "They Call Me Mr. Tibbs" and "The Organiza-tion," also starred Sidney Poitier.
Now join the famous black detective in this short-story investigation--and we do mean investigation. Virgil Tibbs is the ranking homicide specialist of the Pasadena (California) Police Department--"at the top of the death-by-violence totem pole." He is a one-man procedural 'tec task force, and in this short story he tackles a difficult and unusual case . . .

Product Details

BN ID:	2940157053901
Publisher:	Speaking Volumes
Publication date:	11/28/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	375,584
File size:	250 KB

About the Author

The son of a scientist, John Ball was born in Schenectady, New York, and grew up in Milwaukee. He attended Carroll College in Wisconsin. He subsequently worked as a science staff writer on Fortune, a music critic and feature writer for the Brooklyn Eagle, a daily columnist on the New York World-Telegram & Sun, a broadcaster for a Washington radio station, and a Director of Public Relations for the Institute of Aerospace Sciences. His In the Heat of the Night was awarded a Mystery Writers of America "Edgar" for the Best First Mystery Novel of the Year, and since had been followed by The Cool Cottontail, also featuring his African-American detective, Virgil Tibbs. Mr. Ball has also authored a number of notable young adult books.

Praise for John Ball



"The guy certainly knows his airplanes well and he held my interest very tightly as he developed the story."
—RICHARD BACH, author of Stranger to the Ground and Biplane (Rescue Mission)

"A nice tight murder puzzle."
—Times Literary Supplement (Five Pieces of Jade)

"A taut, dramatic yarn."
—Charlotte Observer (Five Pieces of Jade)

"Tibbs is as much a model of perfection as the late Wimsey... A good detective who actually ratiocinates."
—Times Literary Supplement (London) (Then Came Violence)

"John Ball knows how to run with a good plot--and this is one of his best."
—Kirkus Reviews (Singapore)

"A top notch mystery."
—News & Observer (The Kiwi Target)

"A breathtaking suspense thriller."
—Seattle Post-Intelligencer (The Kiwi Target)

"The Kiwi Target is the last book that John Ball wrote. We shall miss his inspiration."
—Mystery Scene (The Kiwi Target)