{"product_id":"the-cleveland-connection-les-roberts-9781598510041","title":"The Cleveland Connection: A Milan Jacovich Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrivate investigator Milan Jacovich (MY-lan YOCK-ovich), a Slovenian-American, is familiar with the wide variety of ethnic groups that make up the city of Cleveland -- especially those in his old neighborhood. When an elderly Serbian goes missing and his granddaughter suspects foul play, Milan takes up the search. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the meantime, Milan's good friend, Plain Dealer reporter Ed Stahl, has written a column critical of the gangster element on Cleveland's Murray Hill, and is now being threatened and harassed, which brings Milan into direct conflict with a millionaire garbage hauler and an out-of-town muscle punk named Nello Trinetti. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Serbs and the Slovenians traditionally don't get along too well, but Milan makes inroads into Cleveland's Serbian community after a shocking murder, eventually coming face-to-face with its unofficial mayor, Lazo Samarzic, an angry and militant man who runs a produce stand in the historic old West Side Market. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHatreds that have simmered for fifty years eventually explode as Milan Jacovich takes on one of his most challenging cases. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Les Roberts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1598510045\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781598510041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gray \u0026amp; Company Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.20w x 0.80d","brand":"Les Roberts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996359295231,"sku":"9781598510041","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b13522ae-e32d-4a9d-a7e2-d4ea04cf0ed3.jpg?v=1683341238","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cleveland-connection-les-roberts-9781598510041","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}