Sunshine Enemies

K. C. Constantine. Warner Books, $4.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-446-40008-4

Rocksburg, Pa., police chief Mario Balzic is torn between concern for his feisty mother, who has suffered a stroke, and the demands of a murder case. According to PW , ``This is less police procedural than the direct, affecting story of a crisis that forces the gruff, likable chief to confront mortality in a personal way.'' (June)

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