Cleveland Local [Paperback]

Les Roberts (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: St Martins Pr (1997)
• ASIN: B000OTCE6K
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

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.

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

By A Customer

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.

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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B. Brukner (Omaha, NE) - See all my reviews
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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.