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Review Date: 8/3/2010
As a cozy mystery it is a good read. If you are interested in learning about soap-making this isn't the book for you though. Soap-making definitely takes a backseat.
Review Date: 5/26/2012
From Wiki: The Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes is a crime novel by the American writer K.C. Constantine set in 1980s Rocksburg, a fictional, blue-collar, Rustbelt 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 at Muscotti's Bar, Balzic's refuge, as Jimmy Romanelli sells several baskets of tomatoes to Vinnie, the barkeep. It ends weeks later after a disappearance that sorely challenge the detective skills of Balzic.
It is the fifth book in the 17-volume Rocksburg series.
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 at Muscotti's Bar, Balzic's refuge, as Jimmy Romanelli sells several baskets of tomatoes to Vinnie, the barkeep. It ends weeks later after a disappearance that sorely challenge the detective skills of Balzic.
It is the fifth book in the 17-volume Rocksburg series.
Review Date: 7/17/2012
Helpful Score: 1
Cooper Lee calls upon her Bible Study group for help in clearing her sister's name when a dead man is found in the trunk of Ashley's rental car. This is the third mystery in the Hope Street Church series. I like the characters in the Hope Street books.
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