| The Cleveland Creep: A Milan Jacovich Mystery Contributor(s): Roberts, Les (Author) |
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ISBN: 1598510606 ISBN-13: 9781598510607 Publisher: Gray & Company Publishers OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Hard-boiled - Fiction | Crime - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Private Investigators |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Milan Jacovich Mysteries (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.55 lbs) 253 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Ohio - Cultural Region - Midwest - Locality - Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, Ohio |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: #15 in the Milan Jacovich mystery series ... A simple missing-person case gets complicated when Milan Jacovich (pronounced MY-lan YOCK-ovich) discovers that 28-year-old Earl Dacey left behind a strange collection of voyeuristic videos in his mother's West Side Cleveland house. Was Earl just a pervert shadowing Catholic schoolgirls in Northeast Ohio shopping malls with his hidden camera ... or had he become entangled with unsavory characters in the local adult film business? When Milan uncovers a possible link to organized crime, the FBI gets interested--and Milan's "well connected" friend Victor Gaimari gets angry. After a dead body turns up, the Cleveland Police take over, and Milan figures he's off the case. So why does crusty Lieutenant McHargue ask him to lend a hand? Still feeling the effects of a recent concussion and well aware of his aging body, Milan takes the advice of a colleague and hires an assistant. Kevin O'Bannion is young and eager to learn the P.I. business. An Army veteran with combat experience and a juvenile-crime record, he definitely won't shy away from a fight. But will he be able to control his volatile temper and help get the job done? Milan finds out soon enough--with his own life on the line. |
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. |