John Ball: Police Chief (USA 2013)

From the Publisher:
NIGHT STALKER
Drug addicts, prostitutes, street gangs and shoot-outs. Police Sergeant Jack Tallon had had enough; he wanted out. He traded his L.A. beat for the quiet, wide-open spaces of Whitewater, Washington.

And trouble followed. A few short days after his installment as Chief of Police, Tallon faced the toughest crisis of his career -- suspicion and hostility from the very people he was hired to protect. Whitewater's first major crime in years -- a series of vicious rapes -- was accompanied by an equally-vicious rumor: Tallon was the criminal.

From the author of IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT comes a fascinating study of police procedure, a suspenseful whodunit, an engrossing portrait of a small town paralyzed by fear.

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 York World-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 African-American detective, Virgil Tibbs. Mr. Ball has also authored a number of notable young adult books.

John Ball: Police Chief. A Chief Jack Tallon Crime Novel. Speaking Volumes, ISBN: 9781612329840 (December, 2013), 192 p., $14.95. eBook $9.99.

John Ball: Police Chief (USA 1986)

From the Publisher:
NIGHT STALKER
Drug addicts, prostitutes, street gangs and shoot-Qouts. Police Sergeant Jack Tallon had had enough; he wanted out. He traded his L.A. beat for the quiet, wide-open spaces of Whitewater, Washington.

And trouble followed. A few short days after his installment as Chief of Police, Tallon faced the toughest crisis of his career -- suspicion and hostility from the very people he was hired to protect. Whitewater's first major crime in years -- a series of vicious rapes -- was accompanied by an equally vicious rumor: Tallon was the criminal.

From the author of IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHTcomes a fascinating study of police procedure, a suspenseful whodunit, an engrossing portrait of a small town paralyzed by fear.

John Ball: Police Chief. When rape is the crime, every man is a suspect. Even the new... PaperJacks, ISBN: 0770104630 (2nd printing May, 1986), 182 p., $1.99.

John Ball: Police Chief (USA 1985)

From the Publisher:
NIGHT STALKER
Drug addicts, prostitutes, street gangs and shoot-Qouts. Police Sergeant Jack Tallon had had enough; he wanted out. He traded his L.A. beat for the quiet, wide-open spaces of Whitewater, Washington.

And trouble followed. A few short days after his installment as Chief of Police, Tallon faced the toughest crisis of his career -- suspicion and hostility from the very people he was hired to protect. Whitewater's first major crime in years -- a series of vicious rapes -- was accompanied by an equally vicious rumor: Tallon was the criminal.

From the author of IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHTcomes a fascinating study of police procedure, a suspenseful whodunit, an engrossing portrait of a small town paralyzed by fear.

John Ball: Police Chief. When rape is the crime, every man is a suspect. Even the new... PaperJacks, ISBN: 0770104630 (April, 1985), 182 p., $2.95.