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3.0 out of 5 stars
Meet Virgil Tibbs, January 3, 2003
This review is from: Death for a Playmate (A Virgil Tibbs Mystery Novel) (Paperback)
Virgil Tibbs became a household name with the making of the movie "In the Heat of the Night" starring Rod Steiger and Sidney Poitier. In this novel Tibbs is a well respected detective in the Pasadena police department. When a nine-year-old boy takes his father's loaded gun to settle a score with another boy he is assigned the case. A few hours later after shooting at the boy's home and running away, Johnny is confronted by a group of black youths by whom he feels threatened. During a scuffle the gun is discharged and a black boy is dead. Tibbs, and his colleagues, is on full alert to find Johnny before the gun is used again. A fast paced and easy to read book.
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