In the Heat of the Night

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Summary: A story that inspires, angers, and educates the soul
Review: In the Heat of the Night by author John Ball is a novel that will be interpreted differently by every person that reads it. For some, it will inspire them. For others, it will be a tool to intensify their anger toward others.

Taking place in a Carolinian city called Wells, Chief of Police Bill Gillespie along with Officer Sam Wood must apprehend the murderer of Maestro Mantoli, organizer of a Music Festival that was to put Wells on the map. However, in comes Virgil Tibbs, an African-Americain homicide investigator from Pasedena, California. He is asked to help, hesitantly of course.

This book shows us everyday life in the deep south of the US where racism has been so deep-rooted over the years. It portrays the struggle of the "black" community for equality, the contrasting opinions of the North and South, as well as the thrilling, main plot of a murder mystery.

My grade 10 English class has recently finished the novel as a class. I'd say the only fault the book has, is those darn questions at the end of the book!

Ryan Poirier, grade 10 student

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Summary: In the Heat of the Night
Review: In the Heat of the Night

In the book "In the Heat of the Night" by John Ball, a murder happens in a small south during the 60's in a town called Wells. A police officer by the name of Sam Wood, found a body in the middle of the highway on a hot night. After the medics and other officers arrived, Sam went to the train station to see if the murder would try to skip town. He found a black man sitting at the station, so he took him in. When he took the black man in he finds out his name is Virgil Tibbs and that he is a police officer from Pasadena.

Virgil then is put on the case, and is given a car, and a place to stay. Virgil and Sam go up to the Endicott place to ask the murdered mans daughter a few questions. They leave and go back to the station, and the police have found two suspects. Virgil questions them for a while and then lets them go.

The book is sensationally; I strongly suggest that you read this book. It's and good mystery novel, I absolutely love the book.

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Summary: Just another book
Review: This book is not bad at all, but it isn't good either, if you read it you will have a nice time, but at the end of it you will have nothing, is a good reading if you don't have another book to read, the story of the black investigator is simple and is not a page turner book, so maybe you won't finish it.