# In the Heat of the Night

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- Book: [In the Heat of the Night](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-ball/in-the-heat-of-the-night) ([In the Heat of the Night.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-ball/in-the-heat-of-the-night.md))
- Authors: [John Ball](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-ball)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4310-774-3
- Pages: 176
- Published: 2015-12-15
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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...