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The Cool Cottontail
Written by John Ball
Narrated by Dion Graham
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About this audiobook
In the second audiobook of the acclaimed Virgil Tibbs mystery series, Tibbs finds himself at a nudist colony in Los Angeles where the victim (who was not one of the guests) is found floating dead in the pool. Set against this unusual backdrop, the guests of the resort prefer guarding their secrets to solving the murder mystery, particularly when the investigating detective is black.
Author John Ball often used social issues of the day to feature as issues in his work, making his work controversial but at the same time, some of the best and most relevant fiction of his time. Along with racism and other social taboos, Ball had no problem with nudism; naked people are the least of the problems these characters face.
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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.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I wanted a light summer read, specifically a mystery with a summery feel, and picked this book purely based on its cover. It was exactly what I wanted, and more given its poignant social criticism. Ahead of its time, and fun - a neat little mystery!