IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
Book ID/图书代码： 03880005B06030
English Summary/英文概要： It’s the 1960s. A hot August night lies heavy over the Carolinas. The corpse -- legs sprawled, stomach down on the concrete pavement, arms above the head -- brings the patrol car to a halt. The local police pick up a black stranger named Virgil Tibbs, only to discover that their most likely suspect is a homicide detective from California -- and the racially tense community’s single hope in solving a brutal murder that turns up no witnesses, no motives, no clues.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 故事發生在上世紀六十年代的美國，種族主義大行其道。
八月流火的某天，驕陽流溢，酷熱不斷炙烤著密西西比河沿岸的土地，懨懨午夜當中感受不到絲毫的涼意。漆黑慢慢吞噬了一切，就在這樣無情的死寂當中，瘮人的罪惡盤桓在了小鎮的上空：
一樁意外的謀殺突入而至，企業家科爾伯特不幸慘遭毒手，同時身上所帶的現今也不翼而飛。
多年以來，此地一向以治安良好而著稱，但隨著此案的爆發，小鎮的寧靜自此被徹底打破。初來乍到的警官蓋爾斯此時顯得是一籌莫展，他遂即指派人手搜尋嫌犯，卻誤打誤撞不期結識了黑人青年蒂白斯。杵在他面前的蒂白斯可絕非是泛泛之輩，事實上他來自東部的費城，是一名乾練的刑事員警，此次返鄉旨在探望堂上老母。
作為一名白人，實際上蓋爾斯一直擁有很深的種族成見，但由於案情撲朔迷離，雖然打心底對黑人不屑一顧，但一心期望及早破案的他，此時只好轉而尋求蒂白斯的幫助。與此同時，蒂白斯的膚色也不斷為他招致著麻煩，當地種族歧視份子更是對他的到來表現地惱怒萬分，甚至揚言"這個黑鬼活不到星期天"。
就在如此充滿敵意的環境之下，兩個性格鮮明、膚色不同的探員終於走到了一起，雖然時不時會意見相左、產生摩擦，但為了能將真凶最終繩之以法，兩人還是選擇了求同存異，努力不懈地搜集著破案的線索。
最終他們之間的矛盾能否成功化解，而遁隱神秘的真凶又所為何人……
值得一提的是，本書曾於上世紀六十年代後期改編成為電影被成功搬上螢幕。憑藉其出色的內容，以及演員西德尼•波蒂埃以及羅德•斯泰格爾的精湛演出，該片一舉獲得第40屆奧斯卡最佳影片等五項大獎，因為它不僅是一部偵察推理片，更是一部社會問題片。(ANDY)
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About the Author/作者介绍： The son of a scientist, John Ball was born in Schenectady, New York, and grew up in Milwaukee. He attended Carroll College in Wisconsin. He subsequently worked as a science staff writer on Fortune, a music critic and feature writer for the Brooklyn Eagle, a daily columnist on the New Yorkworld-Telegram & Sun, a broadcaster for a Washington radio station, and a Director of Public Relations for the Institute of Aerospace Sciences. His In the Heat of the Night was awarded a Mystery Writers of America "Edgar" for the Best First Mystery Novel of the Year, and since had been followed by The Cool Cottontail, also featuring his Negro detective, Virgil Tibbs. Mr. Ball has also authored a number of notable young adult books.
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