We are thrilled to have the opportunity to offer our readers a chance to win a copy of Whiskey Island, the latest "Milan Jacovich" mystery by Les Roberts (Gray & Co., August 2012 hardcover and ebook formats). Entry details below.
This is the sixteenth book in the series, which began in 1988 with Pepper Pike. Milan Jacovich (pronounced MY-lan YOCK-ovich) is an ex-cop, Vietnam veteran, and former football player, now a private investigator with a master's degree, a taste for klobasa sandwiches and Stroh's beer, and a knack for finding trouble.
Les tells us that some of the most fun he has in writing this series is creating new characters, who will not only fill out the story but will, hopefully, entertain, irritate, and fascinate readers. Here is a list of some of the people you'll meet in Whiskey Island …
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• Berton K. Loftus — He's a Cleveland city councilman already convicted of taking bribes. Terrified of going to prison, he'll do anything to lighten his sentence. He hires Milan Jacovich and Kevin O'Bannion (aka "K.O.") because someone is trying to kill him.
• Tobe Blaine — New in Cleveland, she is now second-in-command at the CPD Homicide Division. She's attractive, she's aggressive, she's the kind of cop nobody should mess with, and her crackling wit is almost as dangerous as her gun.
• Seena Bergman — She's a middle-aged prostitute who is "kept" in an elegant riverside apartment where she plies her trade; she's well-known among local politicos and for her repertoire of sometimes grotesque "kinks."
• Jeff and Vicki Ogrin - A bizarre couple, they are wealthy landlords who live in a run-down joint on the near west side of Cleveland. Vicki is constantly angry and always ready to argue. Jeff is a bit of a wimp who weighs almost five hundred pounds.
• Jim Hundley — County Prosecutor (aka "district attorney") who has emerged as the most powerful politician in the area. He wants to be governor some day; therefore he keeps all sorts of personal secrets and has the habit of refusing to tell anyone anything.
• Sergei Chemerkin — A Russian emigre, he has many businesses, but his most profitable is a jewelry-theft ring, which he keeps alive and flourishing by bribing the current politicians to ignore it.
To learn more about Les and his books, visit his website at LesRoberts.com.
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Whiskey Island
Les Roberts
A Milan Jacovich Mystery (16th in series)
An oversized appetite for fine dining, flashy suits, and Las Vegas call girls has made Cleveland councilman Bert Loftus the target of media scrutiny and an FBI investigation that may end his career. Now he says someone is trying to kill him. Eager to identify his attacker but not so eager to work with the cops, Loftus turns to private investigator Milan Jacovich for help.
A working P.I. can't afford to be too choosy about his clients, so Milan takes the job though he s not inclined to take Loftus s story seriously. At least it will be an opportunity to break in his new employee, young powder-keg Kevin "K.O." O'Bannion.
Milan and K.O. quickly notice that something smells fishy and it isn t just the Whiskey Island Marina, where local power brokers down pricey drinks in front of Lake Erie sunsets. Loftus and several Cleveland landlords appear to be involved in something much darker than a typical cash-for-favors trade.
After a kinky call girl is found dead near the Cleveland Zoo and secret sex tapes are discovered in her downtown high-rise, Milan and K.O. must follow a trail of bribes, bullet casings, and debauchery to find the killer and uncover the true menace amid the muck of local government corruption.
Luckily they have the help of Cleveland police detective Tobe Blaine, a tough-as-nails officer recently relocated from Cincinnati. She and Milan team up in their search for clues and discover they have much more in common than crime …
For a chance to win one of three copies of Whiskey Island — your choice of hardcover or ebook — courtesy of Gray & Co., visit Mystery Book Contests, click on the "Les Roberts: Whiskey Island" contest link, enter your name, e-mail address, and this code — 8193 — for a chance to win! (One entry per person, US residents only; contest ends September 17th, 2012.)
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