TY - SER
KW - Roman Catholics
KW - Italian Americans
KW - Pennsylvania State Police
KW - Polish Americans
KW - Pittsburgh Pirates
KW - militias
KW - polka
KW - Serbian Americans
KW - unemployment
KW - deindustrialization
KW - Reaganomics
KW - layoffs
KW - retirement
KW - priests
KW - police
KW - firefighters
AU - K. C. Constantine
AB - Police chief Mario Balzic, turning 65, is retirement ready, but when a shrinking city budget threatens the police force, Balzic fights back against a bid for privatization.
BT - Mario Balzic series, 11/17
C1 - 1991
C3 - Westmoreland County; Conemaugh River; Greensburg; Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; South Side; North Side; North Shore; Three Rivers Stadium; Butler County
C4 - Mystery
CY - New York
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N1 - K. C. Constantine is a pseudonym of Carl Constantine Kosak (1934— ).
N2 - Police chief Mario Balzic, turning 65, is retirement ready, but when a shrinking city budget threatens the police force, Balzic fights back against a bid for privatization.
PB - The Mysterious Press of Warner Books
PP - New York
PY - 1995
RN - Carl Constantine Kosak (1934— ) was born in McKees Rocks, Allegheny County and educated at Westminster College. He wrote under the K.C. Constantine pseudonym for 40 years before unveiling his identity at the 16th Festival of Mystery held by Oakmont's Mystery Lovers Bookshop. He lives in Greensburg, Westmoreland County.
EP - 314 p.
T2 - Mario Balzic series, 11/17
TI - Cranks and Shadows
ER -