Then Came Violence, John Ball
Then Came Violence, John Ball
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Then Came Violence

Author: John Ball

Narrator: Dion Graham

Unabridged: 6 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/15/2015

Synopsis

Virgil Tibbs, the cool, highly-competent black detective of the Pasadena Police Department, returns one day to his bachelor apartment to find that it has been expertly stripped to the bare walls—not a thing remains to show that he has ever lived there. At headquarters he is given a cryptic note from Police Chief McGowan, sending him to a certain address in the better section of Pasadena. When he arrives he finds his possessions carefully installed in a fine new home. But that's not all. The door is opened by a very attractive young woman who informs him that she is Mrs. Virgil Tibbs. He has never seen her before, and he certainly isn't responsible for the two children who greet him as their father.Meanwhile, a brutal holdup is followed by an execution-type hanging of one of the bandits. More violence follows, and Pasadena's ace homicide investigator is tested to the limits by a double assignment calling for every bit of his tact, skill, and discipline.

About John Ball

John Ball was an American writer best known for mystery novels involving the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs. Tibbs was introduced in the 1965 novel In the Heat of the Night, which won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel from the Mystery Writers of America and was made into an Oscar-winning film of the same name.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on February 28, 2023

Pasadena detective Virgil Tibbs returns early from a holiday to discover everything in his home has been removed & only the head of the police department knows what's going on. Author John Ball puts together another great novel where Tibbs becomes involved in three cases at once & despite the pressur......more

Goodreads review by Robert on July 07, 2019

Time doesn't stand still in Virgil Tibbs' world, so we find out protagonist dealing with the changing political landscape of the late 70's - including the export of urban violence to the suburbs and an unstable geopolitical landscape - two unlikely storylines that meld well together. .......more

Goodreads review by Ed on August 07, 2012

#6 in Virgil Tibbs series. Virgil is surprised by the request to shelter Miriam Motamboru, wife of a besieged African leader, and her children while the family is given temporary political asylum in the U.S. There is an attempt to rationalize having a Pasadena, CA homicide detective handle this dipl......more

Goodreads review by Randy on July 23, 2009

Tibbs goes undercover,posing as husband to a woman someone is after......more

Goodreads review by Leigh on May 29, 2016

Not my favorite selection from the series, but it was still enjoyable.......more

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