Whiskey Island
Milan Jacovich Mysteries (#16)
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Publisher Description
#16 in the Milan Jacovich mystery 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 (pronounced MY-lan YOCK-ovitch) 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 . . .
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Roberts's 16th Milan Jacovich mystery (after 2011's The Cleveland Creep) finds the Cleveland PI almost as tired and prickly as his dialogue as he takes on the case of federally indicted city councilman Berton K. Loftus, who's convinced he's been targeted for murder. Jacovich has been in a rough game for a long time, so taking on Kevin "K.O." O'Bannion as an assistant seems like a good idea, despite the Iraq War veteran's rough edges. Not only has their client reaped plentiful rewards from public service, he's also earned a reputation for extramarital activities, so it's no surprise when there's an actual attempt on his life. As the case heats up, the impetuous K.O. and savvy Jacovich are joined in their investigation by Det. Sgt. Tobe Blaine. The barrage of punchy banter coming from almost every character seems increasingly forced as the old pro and the young blood hone in on the villain calling the shots.
