Pepper Pike

by Roberts, Les

• ISBN13: 9781598510010
• ISBN10: 1598510010
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-30
• Publisher: Gray & Co

Summary

#1 in the Milan Jacovich mystery series. Introducing Milan Jacovich (pronounced MY-lan YOCK-ovich), An ex-cop and former football player, Milan is a private investigator with a master's degree, a taste for klobasa sandwiches and Stroh's beer, and a knack for finding trouble. Milan is hired to guard a high-powered advertising executive. But the client disappears before the job starts. Milan's search leads from posh suburbs and sleek corporate offices to some of Cleveland's meanest streets.

Author Biography

Les Roberts is the author of 13 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 currently lives in his adopted home town of Cleveland Heights, Ohio.