The Lake Effect [Hardcover]

Les Roberts (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: NY St. Martin's Press 1993. (1993)
• ASIN: B000J5GE8S
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,133,836 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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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Milans A Refreshing Character, July 12, 2001

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

This review is from: The Lake Effect (Milan Jacovich Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the first Milan Jacovich book of Les Roberts' that I've read and I was very happy that I gave it a try. Milan makes for an interesting protagonist. He's an ex-footballer; ex-policeman turned private investigator living in Cleveland, Ohio. While he's big and impressive in bearing, I wouldn't call him an overtly macho man, giving his character the extra bit of credence required in private investigator books, I believe.

In this particular case, Milan is asked, or more correctly, ordered by a mafia boss, to help a friend's wife in her mayoral election campaign. She is running for mayor in a small lakeside community. But Milan wonders what could possibly command the mafia's interest in a small, out of the way town. Like all stories involving election campaigns, whether big or small, political intrigue is the order of the day and the tactics can get dirty. Luckily, Milan has a cool head on his shoulders, and also the size to intimidate most opponents, ensuring there's rarely a dull moment when he's around.

I enjoyed this book, purely because the main protagonist is a very refreshing character and I'll be on the lookout for the other books in the series. Residents of Cleveland and surrounding areas would find an extra incentive to read the series because Roberts does go into quite a bit of detail when describing the city, while not exactly adding much to the story, I didn't feel as though it compromised it either.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting read, different from the other Jacovich books, August 27, 1998

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

This review is from: The Lake Effect (A Milan Jacovich Mystery) (Hardcover)

Milan Jacovich is in Lake County this time away from his turf in Cleveland Heights. Many characters revolve around a tiny, upscale Lake Erie Shores' election. While the book is a good read, the other Jacovich books read more quickly and are more intense, providing a more captivating read.

5.0 out of 5 stars The Lake Effect, January 24, 2008

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Peggy Ann Watson "Peggy Ann Watson" (Tidioute, Pa USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lake Effect (Milan Jacovich Mysteries #5) (Paperback)

Another exciting Milan Jacovich detective novel by Les Roberts. Always keeping you on the edge. A story that I couldn't put down. With places familar in Cleveland, Ohio. Many plots, twists & suspense.
Peggy Ann Watson