The Duke of Cleveland: A Milan Jacovich Mystery [Hardcover]

Les Roberts (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: St Martins Press (1985)
• ISBN-10: 0312134738
• ISBN-13: 978-0312134730
• ASIN: B000MWWYI2
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 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

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Ceramic Mystery, July 25, 2001

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Untouchable (Sydney, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Duke of Cleveland: A Milan Jacovich Mystery (Hardcover)

This is the second Milan Jacovich mystery that I've read and I'm finding that he's growing on me. That's not to say I didn't enjoy the first book I read - I did, but as I get to know Milan better, he's becoming like an old friend and I've felt comfortable slipping back into Cleveland to visit him again. "So why should I read this book?" you ask. Well, if you like a good private investigator mystery with little violence, only a bit of swearing (Milan Frowns on it) and interesting, believable characters, I think you'll enjoy this book.

Milan is hired by a beautiful young heiress to find her boyfriend, a middle-aged artist who has also disappeared with $18,000 that she loaned him. When Milan starts asking around, he finds that the guy he's looking for is a hustler and there are quite a few people in town that would also like to get their hands on him. The Cleveland art scene, or more specifically the ceramic art scene, comes under the spotlight as Milan conducts his investigation.

By the way, as Les Roberts goes to great pains to explain, Milan Jacovich is pronounced (MY-lan Yacovich), so make sure you get the pronunciation right.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent mystery about a respected yet unusual friendship, August 27, 1998

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Kathleen L. Jozwiak (Cleveland, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Duke of Cleveland: A Milan Jacovich Mystery (Hardcover)

Ethical Milan Jacovich mixes with Victor Gaimari, the Cleveland mob figure. Even though Milan despises what Victor stands for, Milan respects Victor in a strange way. Victor likewise shares the same sentiments about Milan. Their friendship becomes cemented in a delightful, captivating read in "The Duke of Cleveland."