| The Irish Sports Pages: A Milan Jacovich Mystery Contributor(s): Roberts, Les (Author) |
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ISBN: 1598510134 ISBN-13: 9781598510133 Publisher: Gray & Company Publishers OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2006 Annotation: #13 in a series of 13 Cleveland-based mysteries by Les Roberts. First time in trade paperback. Entire series now back in print, in a uniform edition with new covers. In this book, private investigator Milan Jacovich is hired by a wealthy judge who has a serious problem that she wants kept quiet. Things get noisy, though, when a dead body turns up, and it becomes Milan's job to find the killer. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Hard-boiled - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Private Investigators |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2006000951 |
| Series: Milan Jacovich Mysteries (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.1" H x 2.1" W x 3.9" (0.60 lbs) 250 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Ohio - Locality - Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, Ohio |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: #13 in the Milan Jacovich mystery series ... A slick con man, posing as a recent immigrant from County Mayo all alone in America, is preying on the clannish loyalties of the Irish community in Cleveland for gifts, money, and other less tangible treats. When Common Pleas Judge Maureen Hartigan realizes she's been bamboozled, she and her daughter, Cathleen, hire private eye Milan Jacovich (it's pronounced MY-lan YOCK-ovitch) to chase down the swindler. But the con man turns up dead in a skanky motel room, and Milan finds himself tangled in the world of the local Irish godfather, Con McCardle, who is connected with the IRA. Milan also finds himself once again face-to-face with Cathleen Hartigan, an old flame that never quite kindled. Their own feelings clash with the more urgent need to solve a murder. And he learns a few things about Irish customs and cultures--including "the Irish sports pages." |
Contributor Bio(s): Roberts, Les: - Les Roberts is the author of 16 mystery novels featuring Cleveland detective Milan Jacovich, as well as 11 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, a teacher, and a film critic. In 2003 he received the Sherwood Anderson Literary Award. A native of Chicago, he now lives in Northeast Ohio. |