Deep Shaker - (Milan Jacovich Mysteries) by Les Roberts (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A new novel featuring Cleveland P.I. Milan Jacovich from the crime writer who outsells Elmore Leonard in the midwest. Milan's investigation of local drug dealing at the high school leads him to a warehouse where he gets in far over his head. "As mouth-watering as anything Lawrence Sanders has come up with".-- Kirkus. Martin's.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>#3 in the Milan Jacovich mystery series ... </p><p>No one is as loyal to old friends as Cleveland private investigator Milan Jacovich (it's pronounced MY-lan YOCK-ovich). So when a grade school chum worries his son Paulie might be selling drugs, Milan has no choice but to help. </p><p>Milan turn up Paulie's connection, a handsome Jamaican named Deshon who pals around with two baseball-bat wielding thugs and a German shepherd dog who looks like he's all business. </p><p>The narcotics business makes curious bedfellows, as Milan discovers during his investigation of a particularly brutal murder; he butts heads with a wily realtor named Christmas, a flamboyant automobile dealer with lofty political ambitions, an edgy street pusher, and his old friends from the Little Italy mob, Don Giancarlo D'Allessandro and Victor Gaimari. </p><p>Milan also encounters a drug gang unparalleled in their savagery, and unearths a relic from every Clevelander's childhood that proves to be deadly. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Another smooth page-turner from Roberts, who keeps the action moving and still fits in some wry observations on parenthood, teenagers, and marriage. -- Book Reviewer "Kirkus Reviews"<br><br>Moves with all the skill and economy of prose that is fast becoming Roberts' trademark. -- Book Reviewer "Booklist"<br><br>Roberts combines a strong character and a clever plot with the ethnic diversity that Cleveland provides. He proves that Midwest private eyes can hold their own with the best ones from either coast. -- Book Reviewer "Des Moines Register"<br><br>Roberts displays a sure sense of place in this involving mystery, and his decent, likable detective is firmly aware of the consequences of his actions. -- Book Reviewer "Publishers Weekly"<br>
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