1993-9
C3 - Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar; Veterans Administration Pittsburgh Healthcare System; Westmoreland County; Conemaugh River; Greensburg C4 - Mystery; Detective CY - New York LA - English M3 - Novel N1 - K. C. Constantine is a pseudonym of Carl Constantine Kosak (1934— ). N2 - The final book “brilliantly shadows three beat cops: William Rayford, Robert Canoza and James Reseta,” says Publishers Weekly in a starred review. “Rayford, the only Black man in the department, has been the smartest, fittest candidate for every job he’s ever sought. . . . Canoza always forgets to wear his bulletproof vest—maybe not a death wish, but surely some sort of ambiguity. Reseta is still fighting the Vietcong and the bullies from his childhood. These three patrolmen travel the town in their mobile units, satellites moving slowly but surely across the darkened neighborhoods; at times their orbits cross.” PB - The Mysterious Press of Warner Books PP - New York PY - 2002 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 - 294 p. T2 - Mario Balzic series, 17/17 TI - Saving Room for Dessert ER -