A mysterious accident, however, soon ends his professional career, resulting in his eventual return to Rocksburg as a restaurant owner. Flash forward several decades, and an aging Blasco is found murdered after being clobbered to death with a baseball bat. Sergeant Rugs Carlucci, the city’s acting police chief, is called to the scene, and the ensuing investigation is recounted in a series of brilliant dialogue.
K.C. Constantine is, without a doubt, a master craftsman of writing conversations. Reading this book is like watching a riveting play, or better still, listening to a captivating radio drama. For the dialogue in this book – a fantastic collection of sounds, images, nervous uhs and all too familiar hmms – that make this novel a pleasure to read.
3 1/2 out of 5 stars
