Description: #14 in the Milan Jacovich mystery series. Milan reluctantly attends his 40th high school reunion and gets a rude surprise: one of his classmates is found dead. Milan's hunt for the real killer leads him through the oddly intertwined worlds of Cleveland's medical community, organized crime, polite suburban society, and hard-core drug dealers.
Brief description: 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.
Review Quotes: Roberts has a real talent for character development giving Milan an interesting cast to work with and play off of . . . [the book] is a real treat, whether this is the reader's first introduction to the Cleveland PI or one merely catching up with an old friend.-- "Mysterious Reviews" (8/11/2008 12:00:00 AM)