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      The Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes

      by K.C. Constantine
      Published
      Jan 1982
      Main Genre
      Police Procedural Police Procedural
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      177
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      Series
      A Rocksburg Novel Book 5

      About This Book

      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.

      Series Placement

      Book 5
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      Suspense

      Subgenres

      Law Enforcement Police Procedural

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      Apr 1983 Penguin ISBN13 9780140066210 ISBN10 0140066217
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      Mar 1993 David R. Godine Publisher ISBN13 9780879239534 ISBN10 0879239530
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      Jul 2002 David R. Godine Publisher ISBN13 9781567921922 ISBN10 1567921922
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      Dec 1982 David R. Godine Publisher ISBN13 9780879234072 ISBN10 0879234075
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