In the Heat of the Night (novel)

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crime novel debut novel novel

"In the Heat of the Night" is a 1965 crime novel by John Ball that introduces Black police detective Virgil Tibbs as he investigates a racially charged murder in a small Southern town.

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Label	Occurrences
In the Heat of the Night	8
In the Heat of the Night (novel) canonical	3

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	crime novel ⓘ debut novel ⓘ novel ⓘ
adaptationType	film adaptation ⓘ
adaptedInto	In the Heat of the Night ⓘ surface form: In the Heat of the Night (1967 film)
author	John Ball ⓘ
award	Edgar Award ⓘ surface form: Edgar Award for Best First Novel
awardYear	1966 ⓘ
character	Bill Gillespie ⓘ Sam Wood ⓘ Virgil Tibbs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
detectiveType	police detective ⓘ
featuresBlackProtagonist	Virgil Tibbs ⓘ
genre	crime fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ police procedural ⓘ
hasSequel	Johnny Got His Gun ⓘ surface form: Johnny Get Your Gun The Cool Cottontail ⓘ
hasTheme	corruption ⓘ justice ⓘ professional integrity ⓘ social inequality ⓘ
investigationTarget	murder of a prominent outsider ⓘ
literaryPeriod	20th-century American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter	Virgil Tibbs ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
narrativeFocus	interracial cooperation in law enforcement ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor	introducing the character Virgil Tibbs ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
positionInSeries	1 ⓘ
protagonist	Virgil Tibbs ⓘ
publicationYear	1965 ⓘ
publisher	J. B. Lippincott & Co. ⓘ surface form: Lippincott
series	Virgil Tibbs ⓘ surface form: Virgil Tibbs series
settingCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
settingLocation	fictional town of Wells, South Carolina ⓘ
settingRegion	Southern United States ⓘ surface form: American South
subject	civil rights era tensions ⓘ murder investigation ⓘ racial prejudice ⓘ racism ⓘ small-town politics ⓘ
timePeriod	1960s ⓘ