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Blood Mud

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Blood Mud
AuthorK. C. Constantine
LanguageEnglish
PublisherThe Mysterious Press of Warner Books
Publication date
1999
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages375
ISBN0-89296-647-5
OCLC39458968
Preceded byBrushback 
Followed byGrievance 

Blood Mud[1] is a crime novel by the American writer K. C. Constantine set in 1990s[2] Rocksburg, a fictional, blue-collar, Rust Belt town in Western Pennsylvania, modeled on the author's hometown of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, adjacent to Pittsburgh.[3]

Mario Balzic is the protagonist, an atypical detective for the genre, a Serbo-Italian American cop, unpretentious, a family man who asks questions and uses more sense than force.[4]

The novel opens with Balzic again being lured out of his retirement with an offer: track down the missing guns from a local gun shop for an insurance company.[5]

It is the fifteenth book in the 17-volume Rocksburg series.[6]

Reception

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A review by January Magazine calls the Blood Mud "Constantine's best yet," praising the complex story and rich dialogue.[7] Publishers Weekly comments on the "pitch-perfect dialogue", describing it as "beautifully developed and enigmatically resolved."[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Blood Mud". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
  2. ^ "K.C. Constantine". Book Series in Order. 2017-10-09. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
  3. ^ "Fiction Book Review: Blood Mud by K. C. Constantine, Author Mysterious Press $23 (375p) ISBN 978-0-89296-647-9". PublishersWeekly.com. April 1999. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  4. ^ "Blood Mud (A Mario Balzac Novel) in Fiction Fiction at Strand Books". www.strandbooks.com. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  5. ^ "Fiction Book Review: Blood Mud by K. C. Constantine". www.publishersweekly.com. April 1999. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  6. ^ "Blood Mud (Rocksburg, book 15) by K C Constantine". www.fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  7. ^ Anderson, Karen (May 1999). "Crimes of the Heart". January Magazine.
  8. ^ "Fiction Book Review: Blood Mud by K. C. Constantine, Author Mysterious Press $23 (375p) ISBN 978-0-89296-647-9". PublishersWeekly.com. April 1999. Retrieved 2019-04-09.