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Mario Balzic Detective Mystery Series

19 primary works • 19 total works
Mario Balzic, a small-town police chief in Rocksburg, Pennsylvania:

Book 1

The Rocksburg Railroad Murders
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3.68 · 153 Ratings · 29 Reviews · published 1972 · 14 editions
The Rocksburg Railroad Murders is a crime novel by…

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    Book 2

    The Man Who Liked To Look At Himself
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    3.76     · 105 Ratings · 15 Reviews · published 1973 · 17 editions
    As the novel opens, Balzic and Lt. Harry Minyon of…

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    Book 3

    The Blank Page
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    3.76     · 99 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 1974 · 12 editions
    As the novel opens, it is a record-hot Memorial Da…

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    Book 4

    A Fix Like This
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    3.74     · 70 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1975 · 7 editions
    As the novel opens, Armand "Fat Manny" Manditti ha…

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    Book 5

    The Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes
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    3.69     · 200 Ratings · 45 Reviews · published 1982 · 22 editions
    K. C. Constantine's Mario Balzic is one of those p…

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    Book 6

    Always a Body to Trade
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    3.91     · 748 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1983 · 12 editions
    There’s a double robbery in two identical apartmen…

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    Book 7

    Upon Some Midnights Clear
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    3.88     · 90 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1985 · 12 editions
    Christmas threatens in Rocksburg, PA, and because …

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    Book 8

    Joey's Case
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    3.77     · 90 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 1988 · 12 editions
    When Albert Castelucci's only son is murdered and …

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    Book 9

    Sunshine Enemies
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    3.85     · 72 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1990 · 15 editions
    The novel opens with a Lutheran minister complaini…

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    Book 10

    Bottom Liner Blues
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    3.47     · 51 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 1993 · 8 editions
    With its shut-down mines, with its scarred and res…

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    Book 11

    Cranks and Shadows
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    3.96     · 45 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1995 · 7 editions
    This is the final book in the acclaimed Mario Balz…

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    Book 12

    Good Sons
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    3.98     · 41 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1996 · 6 editions
    It's been months since Mario Balzic retired, and t…

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    Book 13

    Family Values
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    3.61     · 83 Ratings · 18 Reviews · published 1997 · 6 editions
    When a 17-year-old murder case rears its head, Bal…

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    Book 14

    Brushback
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    3.69     · 48 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 1998 · 7 editions
    The best days of Rocksburg, Pennsylvania, are behi…

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    Book 15

    Blood Mud
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    3.79     · 52 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 1999 · 6 editions
    Once public detective, now turned private, Mario B…

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    Book 16

    Grievance
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    3.94     · 53 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2000 · 7 editions
    James Deford Lyon, CEO of one of Pittsburgh's grea…

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    Book 17

    Saving Room for Dessert
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    3.75     · 85 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 2002 · 9 editions
    For former Air Force veteran and ex-mall security …

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    Book 2, 3

    The Man Who Liked to Look at Himself and The Blank Page
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    3.50     · 2 Ratings · published 1997 · 2 editions

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    Book 2, 4

    The Man Who Liked to Look at Himself / A Fix Like This: Two Mario Balzic Mysteries
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    3.93     · 15 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1983 · 3 editions
    Two mysteries in one volume by K. C. Constantine.

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