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Rocksburg Books in Order

Rocksburg by K.C. Constantine contains 18 books, published between 1972 and 2024. The first book is The Rocksburg Railroad Murders (1972) and the newest is Another Day's Pain (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
18
Published
1972–2024
Pages on record
3,824 in 16 of 18 books
Reading time
64–96 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,824 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 18 titles with a page count on record.

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Rocksburg is K.C. Constantine's police procedural series, and Rocksburg, Pennsylvania, is tagged in the catalogue as an imaginary place. Mario Balzic and Ruggiero Carlucci are the fictitious characters named in the subject tags, which also include police chiefs and private investigators. The Rocksburg Railroad Murders (1972) opens the 18-book run, and Another Day's Pain is dated 2024. Gaps between books average about three years; titles include The Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes (1982), Joey's Case (1988) and Bottom Liner Blues (1993).

How many Rocksburg books are there?

Rocksburg has 18 books, released between 1972 and 2024.

Rocksburg Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Rocksburg books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Rocksburg Railroad Murders by K.C. Constantine, book 1 of the Rocksburg series (1972)
  2. Cover of The Blank Page by K.C. Constantine, book 3 of the Rocksburg series (1974)
  3. Cover of A Fix Like This by K.C. Constantine, book 4 of the Rocksburg series (1975)
  4. Cover of Always a Body to Trade by K.C. Constantine, book 6 of the Rocksburg series (1983)
  5. Cover of Upon Some Midnights Clear by K.C. Constantine, book 7 of the Rocksburg series (1985)
  6. Cover of Joey's Case by K.C. Constantine, book 8 of the Rocksburg series (1988)
  7. Cover of Bottom Liner Blues by K.C. Constantine, book 10 of the Rocksburg series (1993)
  8. Cover of Good Sons by K.C. Constantine, book 12 of the Rocksburg series (1996)
  9. Cover of Family Values by K.C. Constantine, book 13 of the Rocksburg series (1997)
  10. Cover of Brush Back by K.C. Constantine, book 14 of the Rocksburg series (1998)
  11. Cover of Saving Room for Dessert by K.C. Constantine, book 17 of the Rocksburg series (2002)
  1. 1
    The Rocksburg Railroad Murders1972 · 196 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1972196
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  2. 2
    The Man Who Liked To Look At Himself1973 · 156 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1973156
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  3. 3
    The Blank Page1974 · 150 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1974150
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  4. 4
    A Fix Like This1975 · 185 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1975185
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  5. 5
    The Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes1982 · 177 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982177
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  6. 6
    Always a Body to Trade1983 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1983256
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  7. 7
    Upon Some Midnights Clear1985 · 232 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985232
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  8. 8
    Joey's Case1988 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988216
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  9. 9
    Sunshine Enemies1990 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990176
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  10. 10
    Bottom Liner Blues1993 · 260 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993260
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  11. 11
    Cranks and Shadows1995 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995320
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  12. 12
    Good Sons1996 · 297 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996297
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  13. 13
    Family Values1997 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997256
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  14. 14
    Brush Back1998 · 278 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998278
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  15. 15
    Blood Mud1999 · 375 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999375
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  16. 16
    Grievance2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
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  17. 17
    Saving Room for Dessert2002 · 294 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002294
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  18. 18
    Another Day's Pain2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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Is there a chronological order for Rocksburg?

No separate chronological order is on record for Rocksburg, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Rocksburg books in order?

You should read the Rocksburg books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Rocksburg book also stands alone.

Where to start with Rocksburg

Start with The Rocksburg Railroad Murders (1972), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Rocksburg book?

Another Day's Pain (2024) is the newest Rocksburg book released so far.

Is there a new Rocksburg book coming?

No next Rocksburg book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Rocksburg at a glance

Still running
Rocksburg is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Rocksburg books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
3,824 pages across the 16 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 244 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Rocksburg books, 7 of 18, were published in the 1990s.

What the Rocksburg books are about

17 of the 18 Rocksburg books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: balzic, mario (fictitious character) is tagged on 15 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by K.C. Constantine

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.