John Dudley Ball
Author
Series
Virgil Tibbs volume 1
Language
English
Description
The basis for the Academy Award-winning movies and the highly acclaimed TV series with Carroll O'Connor, In the Heat of the Night is not only a solid mystery, but a vivid study of racial tension in the pre-Civil Rights South.
Publisher
Distributed by TGG Direct
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Bill Gillespie, a southern white, small-town sheriff, and a black detective put their racial animosity aside to solve crimes in a Mississippi hamlet. A tense drama about the navigation through tricky small-town politics where racial tensions run high.
Publisher
Distributed by TGG Direct
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Bill Gillespie, a southern white, small-town sheriff, and a black detective put their racial animosity aside to solve crimes in a Mississippi hamlet. A tense drama about the navigation through tricky small-town politics where racial tensions run high.
Publisher
Distributed by TGG Direct
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Bill Gillespie, a southern white, small-town sheriff, and a black detective put their racial animosity aside to solve crimes in a Mississippi hamlet. A tense drama about the navigation through tricky small-town politics where racial tensions run high.
Publisher
Distributed by TGG Direct
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Bill Gillespie, a southern white, small-town sheriff, and a black detective put their racial animosity aside to solve crimes in a Mississippi hamlet. A tense drama about the navigation through tricky small-town politics where racial tensions run high.
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Virgil Tibbs is a renowned homicide detective from Philadelphia returning to Mississippi in the sweltering summer to visit his mother, when a rich factory owner is found dead. The industrialist was white, Tibbs is black and in the Deep South at the time, that is enough reason for the local cops to arrest him on suspicion murder. After his identity and credentials are established, the Chief of Police lets Tibbs go and attempts to enlist his help in...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"In the Deep South, homicide detective Virgil Tibbs becomes embroiled in a murder investigation. When the bigoted town sheriff gets involved, both he and Tibbs must put aside their differences and join forces in a race against time to discover the shocking truth." --container