A MARIO BALZIC NOVEL

BLOOD MUD

K. C. CONSTANTINE

紐約時報書評譽為「美國夢輸家之聲」的 K. C. 康斯坦丁，挾著筆下傳奇探長馬利歐．鮑奇克再次出擊。賓夕法尼亞州岩石鎮，曾幾何時，過去工廠、酒吧林立的小鎮，如今僅剩專業辦公大樓，以及零星的小酒館。正是此地看倌奇遇馬利歐．鮑奇克，一位雖已退休但仍威武不屈的老警長，恰如小鎮寫照，雖已垂暮但仍不到鮑奇克放棄這項工作的時刻。

在歷經母喪、賺得公職退休金之後，如今馬利歐．鮑奇克脫下一身警裝，打上領帶穿上襯衫、改以一襲私家偵探裝束。至於用來陪襯這一身新裝的任務？替保險公司追查一批失竊槍枝的下落。只是當案件牽扯出更大的麻煩時，鮑奇克倒是一點也不意外。一位風流政客、野心勃勃的警察局長、以及一個暗中從事不法交易的熟食店老闆，當然還有他那位倒霉的姪子。接著一件突如其來的兇殺案打亂了鮑奇克的調查，一場心臟病發則是差點要了他的老命。如今，鮑奇克的獨角戲儼然成了一件要命的任務：得想盡辦法活下去，最少撐到足以偵破另一件案子才行。

The New York Times Book Review has hailed K. C. Constantine as the "eloquent" medium for "the voices of people who have lost out on the American dream". The place once again is the fictional town of Rocksburg, PA, which once had factories and saloons. Today it has "professional buildings" -- and saloons. It is here you'll meet Mario Balzic, the retired but irrepressible police chief who, like Rocksburg itself, is far from ready to call it quits...

He's lost his mother. He's earned his pension. Now Mario Balzic swaps the service rags of the public cop for the shirt and tie of the private cop. His assignment to go with the new look? Track down some stolen guns for an insurance company. Mario isn't surprised when they lead to bigger trouble: a philandering politico, an ambitious police chief, and a deli owner cum racketeer and his hapless nephew. Then a sudden murder puts a twist into his search, and a sudden cardiac episode almost stops him cold. Mario's lonely job has become a grim mission: to stay alive, at least long enough to crack another case.

■K. C. 康斯坦丁／K. C. Constantine

K. C. Constantine (a pseudonym for Carl Constantine Kosak; born 1934 in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania) is an American mystery author.

Little is known about Kosak, as he prefers anonymity and has given only a few interviews. He was born in 1934 and served in the Marines in the early 1950s. He lives in Greensburg, Pennsylvania with wife Linda.

作者：K. C. 康斯坦丁／K. C. Constantine

叢書系列：Mario Balzic Novel

規格：平裝／Paperback，13.3 x 20.3 x 3 cm，376頁

版本：First Edition

出版商：Mysterious Press

出版日期：2000年06月01日

語言：英文

ISBN-10：0-446-67640-3

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Condition: Good. Pre-owned book in good condition. All pages are intact, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages as well. With dust jacket.