Virgil Tibbs, the cool, highly-competent black detective of the Pasedena 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 Pasedena. 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 Pasedena's ace homicide investigator is tested to the limits by a double assignment calling for every bit of his tact, skill, and discipline.
"Tibbs is as much a model of perfection as the late Wimsey... A good detective who actually ratiocinates."
—Times Literary Supplement (London)
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Meanwhile, a brutal holdup is followed by an execution-type hanging of one of the bandits. More violence follows, and Pasedena's ace homicide investigator is tested to the limits by a double assignment calling for every bit of his tact, skill, and discipline.
"Tibbs is as much a model of perfection as the late Wimsey... A good detective who actually ratiocinates."
—Times Literary Supplement (London)
Then Came Violence (Virgil Tibbs Series #6)
Virgil Tibbs, the cool, highly-competent black detective of the Pasedena 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 Pasedena. 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 Pasedena's ace homicide investigator is tested to the limits by a double assignment calling for every bit of his tact, skill, and discipline.
"Tibbs is as much a model of perfection as the late Wimsey... A good detective who actually ratiocinates."
—Times Literary Supplement (London)
Meanwhile, a brutal holdup is followed by an execution-type hanging of one of the bandits. More violence follows, and Pasedena's ace homicide investigator is tested to the limits by a double assignment calling for every bit of his tact, skill, and discipline.
"Tibbs is as much a model of perfection as the late Wimsey... A good detective who actually ratiocinates."
—Times Literary Supplement (London)
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Product Details
BN ID: | 2940149245789 |
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Publisher: | Speaking Volumes |
Publication date: | 02/28/2014 |
Series: | Virgil Tibbs Series , #6 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 207 |
Sales rank: | 271,443 |
File size: | 2 MB |
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