 First edition | |
| Author | K. C. Constantine |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | The Mysterious Press of Warner Books |
Publication date | 1990 |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 167 |
| ISBN | 0-89296-288-7 |
| OCLC | 20319437 |
| Preceded by | Joey's Case |
| Followed by | Bottom Liner Blues |
Sunshine Enemies is a crime novel by the American writer K. C. Constantine set in 1980s Rocksburg, a fictional, blue-collar, Rust Belt town in Western Pennsylvania, modeled on the author's hometown of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, adjacent to Pittsburgh.
Mario Balzic is the protagonist, an atypical detective for the genre, a Serbo-Italian American cop, middle-aged, unpretentious, a family man who asks questions and uses more sense than force.
The novel opens with a Lutheran minister complaining about a pornography ship that recently opened at the edge of town. Next a brutal knife murder happens in the shop's parking lot. All of this prompts Balzic the police chief to work the case, digging up reluctant witnesses and asking questions.[1]
It is the ninth book in the 17-volume Mario Balzic Detective Mystery Series.[2]
References
- ↑ "Book Review: Sunshine Enemi by K. C. Constantine, Author Mysterious Press $18.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-89296-288-4". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- ↑ "Mario Balzic Detective Mystery Series by K.C. Constantine". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2019-04-10.