26. The Rocksburg Railroad Murders, 1972, by K. C. Constantine (Carl
Constantine Kosak, 1934–)
My older brother clued me in:
I had to read this Constantine.
And so I did (where had I been?)—
Such mysteries—so lean, so mean.
He is a very quiet man,
This Constantine. No interviews.
But I can roll with this guy’s plan:
You write like this? You can refuse!
His mysteries in Rocksburg* reel
With much invention and much art.
Chief Balzac is the cop—real deal!—
The town plays, too, a major part.
And gunplay in these books is rare—
Old Balzic doesn’t care for it.
But mystery-lovers do not care—
Not in a book with genius lit!**
*fictional Pennsylvania small town.
** nearly 20 books in the series
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