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The Cleveland Local: A Milan Jacovich Mystery (Milan Jacovich Mysteries) [Mass Market Paperback]

Les Roberts (Author)
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)


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December 15, 1998 Milan Jacovich Mysteries
A vacation to die for

When hot shot Cleveland real estate attorney Joel Kerner Jr. is killed on a Caribbean holiday, only his angry sister Patrice thinks it's more than a botched robbery. The island police have nothing and the Cleveland cops don't have the jurisdiction to track it down. So when burly P.I. Milan Jacovich is hired to swim through the mire, he's on his own.

Distracted by family feuds and nasty business dealings, Milan discovers that Kerner's father is a very famous-and very rich-union attorney who has made some powerful and angry enemies in Cleveland. Milan, a tough ex-football player, is not easy to push around, but when he's stabbed, beaten, and almost burned to death, no one is safe from his suspicions-until insider news of the an investment gone wrong sends him knocking on the right door. Unfortunately, there's a catch, and Milan is dangerously close to getting tangled in a barbed-wire net.


Editorial Reviews

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"Boston has Spenser. Detroit has Amos Walker. And Cleveland has Milan Jacovich." --The Cleveland Plain Dealer

"An exciting, hard-boiled detective story." --Virginian-Pilot

"Jacovich [is] one of the most fully-realized characters in modern crime fiction...Roberts is a confident writer who knows his character well and who has made him complex enough to be interesting." --Mostly Murder

From the Publisher

"Boston has Spenser. Detroit has Amos Walker. And Cleveland has Milan Jacovich." --The Cleveland Plain Dealer, #1 Bestseller

"An exciting, hard-boiled detective story." --Virginian-Pilot


Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Dead Letter (December 15, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0312966784
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312966782
  • Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,162,487 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Les Roberts is the author of 15 mystery novels featuring Cleveland detective Milan Jacovich, as well as 9 other books of fiction. The past president of both the Private Eye Writers of America and the American Crime Writer's League, he came to mystery writing after a 24-year career in Hollywood. He was the first producer and head writer of the Hollywood Squares and wrote for the Andy Griffith Show, the Jackie Gleason Show, and the Man from U.N.C.L.E., among others. He has been a professional actor, a singer, a jazz musician, and a teacher. In 2003 he received the Sherwood Anderson Literary Award. A native of Chicago, he now lives in Northeast Ohio and is a film and literary critic.

Visit his web site at www.lesroberts.com.

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Slovenian PI is one tough dude, April 28, 2000
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Michele MacDonald (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Cleveland Local (Hardcover)
Being a native Clevelander, I really appreciate the references to my hometown. I love the character development, he makes you feel as if you know the characters! The plot was convoluted, it kept you guessing. The ending was unexpected.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A SHOCK ENDING THAT WILL HAUNT YOU FOR A LONG TIME, June 29, 1999
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This review is from: The Cleveland Local: A Milan Jacovich Mystery (Milan Jacovich Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)
THE CLEVELAND LOCAL is perhaps the "darkest" of Les Roberts' novels about Cleveland private eye Milan Jacovich. It's about families - that of a young man shot down on a secluded Caribbean beach, of a Holocaust survivor who guards her daughter with Draconian intensity, of Jacovich's own family, the "family" of blue-collar union workers who band together in search of a better life, and the all-important extended family of friendships and loyalties.

The city of Cleveland, with its working-class milieu and its stately mansions and sweeping lawns, comes so vibrantly alive that it's almost one of the characters.

Much has been said of the shocking ending. It is unexpected, sad, and completely unforgettable. Only a writer with Les Roberts' craft, control and confidence could have carried it off. He's at the top of his form here.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars I wanted to like this one more than I did., November 11, 1997
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This review is from: The Cleveland Local (Hardcover)
This is the first time i have read a book by Les Roberts. Itwas a good book in that I liked the descriptions of Cleveland and it'speoples, and make up. What really turned me off on this book was the motive of the murder. That is not just a solution to a mystery to me.
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It was a black-and-white-movie morning when I opened my office, looked out the window down the Cuyahoga River, and saw the angry thunderheads hunkered over Lake Erie. Read the first page
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Joel Kerner, San Carlos, Patrice Kerner, Patrick Stranahan, Plain Dealer, South Park, Elaine Kerner, Harry Channock, Teri Levine, Kent State, Lois Scaravelli, Janice Futterman, Marko Meglich, Pat Stranahan, Patt Wolfe, Republic Oil, Hotel Antibes, Shaker Heights, Victor Gaimari, Cedar Hill, Chet Tumbas, Cleveland Heights, North Coast, Terminal Tower, Carl Cavallero
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