K.C. Constantine's Mario Balzic is one of those police chiefs so close to his people that nothing moves or even sits still in his town without his knowing how and why. His town is Rocksburg, a small coal mining town in western Pennsylvania where most of the coal has run out. Tomatoes curiously ripening out of season are the key. It begins at Muscotti's Bar, Balzic's refuge, when Jimmy Romanelli sells several baskets of tomatoes to Vinnie, Muscotti's barkeep. It ends some weeks later after three deaths and a drained, ...
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K.C. Constantine's Mario Balzic is one of those police chiefs so close to his people that nothing moves or even sits still in his town without his knowing how and why. His town is Rocksburg, a small coal mining town in western Pennsylvania where most of the coal has run out. Tomatoes curiously ripening out of season are the key. It begins at Muscotti's Bar, Balzic's refuge, when Jimmy Romanelli sells several baskets of tomatoes to Vinnie, Muscotti's barkeep. It ends some weeks later after three deaths and a drained, disgusted Balzic, unable to take any satisfaction in his solution of Romanelli's murder, the proximate cause for Jimmy's twisted passion for growing tomatoes.
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NEW CONDITION! ! TIGHT CRISP CLEAN UNREAD COPY! ! NO CREASES! ! NO MARKS! ! -1993 MM PAPERBACK AS SHOWN-PAGES ARE SLIGHTLY OFF WHITE-AN EXCELLENT COPY FROM SELLER WITH OVER A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE SELLING ON-LINE.
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Adkins, Jan. Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book First edition, so stated. Fine in near fine dust jacket, small stain at rear, spine very lightly toned, price clipped, in protective mylar cover. The fifth mystery featuring Police Chief Mario Balzic, set in the fictional town of Rocksburg, Pennsylvania-a small coal mining town where most of the coal has run out. The fiercely unpretencious Mario Balzic, always in absolute command, discovers that tomatoes curiously ripe out of season are the key to the mysterious death of Jimmy Romanelli.
