TY - SER
KW - Roman Catholics
KW - Italian Americans
KW - baseball
KW - Pittsburgh Pirates
KW - priests
KW - police
AU - K. C. Constantine
AB - Rugs Carlucci handles this case: “the brutal murder of Brushback Bobby Blasco, a local hero who once beaned the immortal Ted Williams, even though Williams was his Red Sox teammate,” says <em>Booklist</em> in a starred review.  “Blasco, who has a history of beating wives and girlfriends, has been bludgeoned to death with a Louisville Slugger autographed by the Splendid Splinter.  But Rugs has many competing concerns: his mother’s nightly anxiety attacks; his duties as acting police chief; byzantine city politics; undertrained, overworked cops; and summoning the courage to ask a beautiful woman for a date.”
BT - Mario Balzic series, 14/17
C1 - 1990s
C3 - Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; North Side; Central Northside; Allegheny General Hospital; North Shore; Three Rivers Stadium; Oakland; Dormont; Westmoreland County; Conemaugh River; Greensburg; New Kensington
C4 - Mystery
CY - New York
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N1 - K. C. Constantine is a pseudonym of Carl Constantine Kosak (1934— ).
N2 - Rugs Carlucci handles this case: “the brutal murder of Brushback Bobby Blasco, a local hero who once beaned the immortal Ted Williams, even though Williams was his Red Sox teammate,” says <em>Booklist</em> in a starred review.  “Blasco, who has a history of beating wives and girlfriends, has been bludgeoned to death with a Louisville Slugger autographed by the Splendid Splinter.  But Rugs has many competing concerns: his mother’s nightly anxiety attacks; his duties as acting police chief; byzantine city politics; undertrained, overworked cops; and summoning the courage to ask a beautiful woman for a date.”
PB - The Mysterious Press of Warner Books
PP - New York
PY - 1998
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 - 278 p.
T2 - Mario Balzic series, 14/17
TI - Brushback
ER -