The book "In the heat of the night" is an exciting detective story written by John Ballin. The action unfolds in a small town in the southern states of America, where a terrible murder against the background of racial passions threatens the fragile ties between local residents. The main character, Sheriff Bill Gill, together with his black colleague, Virgil Tibbs, is forced to solve this complex criminal plot, which is based on an unexpected revealed and woven web of lies and treachery. The story is not only about gathering evidence and crime, but also about racial imbalances, moral dilemmas and internal struggles of each character. "In the heat of the night" is a book that not only keeps the reader in suspense until the last page, but also reveals to him many layers of the human soul and social conflicts.