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The Indian Sign: A Milan Jacovich Mystery (Milan Jacovich Mysteries) |  | Author: Les Roberts
Publisher: Gray & Company Publishers
Category: Book
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 215621
Media: Paperback
Edition: First printing
Pages: 271
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 1598510118
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781598510119
ASIN: 1598510118
Publication Date: March 30, 2006
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Milan Jacovich's newest client doesn't trust his newest employee and with good reason. When toy magnate Armand Treusch hires the Cleveland PI to check up on his accountant, Milan quickly discovers that David Ream isn't who he purports to be. But Treusch turns out to be just as duplicitous as Ream and a lot less ethical. The security problem he's paying Milan to fix is a lot more serious than industrial espionage, with the potential to endanger millions of unsuspecting families. While Milan's working out the moral dilemma involved in squealing on his client, he's also working on another, more interesting case involving the murder of an elderly Native American and the kidnapping of the man's great-grandson. Cleveland's a long way from the reservation, but Milan manages to connect the kidnapping to a baby-stealing ring run by a local mobster and the lowlife lawyers on his payroll. This is the 11th outing for Milan, an eminently likable guy who knows his Midwestern territory like a native and limns Cleveland's back alleys and hidden byways with a spare, telling style. The writing is crisp, the pacing steady, and the violence minimal. Les Roberts is a dependable craftsman with a good hand at characterization, and Milan's a solid guy with just enough brass to make him interesting. --Jane Adams
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 Les is more... November 18, 2002
Judith Lindenau (Traverse City, MI USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
At least one review has called Les Roberts a 'hard-boiled' writer. Not so! "The Indian Sign" is a mystery of intricate structure, and overtones of Greek tragedy...with traditional elements from the tragic hero/stoic Indian grandfather to the chorus of whining women who populate the novel and comment mournfully on the action. And it all rests upon the human shoulders of Milan, the flawed detective whose very human-ness moves the action to the surprising ending.
The Indian Sign March 4, 2002
Ricky C. Nelson (Commerce, GA)
"The Indian Sign" was the second Milan Jacovich novel by Les Roberts that I have read. I really like the character, as well as Roberts' writing style. Milan has two cases in this novel. He is working for Armand Treush, owner of TroyToy, who is suspicious that his accountant might be a corporate spy. His other case comes to him by circumstance. He notices an old Native American sitting all day on a bench outside his apartment in the frigid February cold. When he hears that the old man has been murdered, he goes to the police and identifies the man as the one he had seen. He then gets a visit from Eddie Ettawageshik, who is the grandson of the old man, Joseph Ettawageshik. Eddie tells Milan that his grandfather was in Cleveland looking for his great-grandson, Andrew Takalo, a baby who had been kidnapped from his home in Cross Village, Michigan. Milan agrees to help Eddie locate his nephew. This book is an excellent addition to the series and is highly recommended.
Thought-provoking thriller July 14, 2001
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
One of the best Milan Jacovich adventures yet, this one raises disturbing ethical questions for the Slovenian private investigator that the wily Roberts leaves for the readers to answer. From the first glimpse of the elderly Joseph Ettiwagishek sitting stoically in full tribal regalia on a park bench in a northern Ohio snowstorm to the exciting shootout at an upscale Cleveland shopping center, the images in this book are haunting. And though Jacovich's separate cases--the murder of the old Indian and the possible espionage in a local toy company--might seem disconnected, they are not at all; they both deal with issues that affect children. An exciting and thought-provoking addition to one of the best series around.
 Not up to Robert's usual June 2, 2001
H. Cross (SC, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have read all of the Jackovich series, but this one is a stinker and it isn't up to Robert's usual standards. Descriptions of streets and places in Cleveland were just too much, even for a former Clevelander like myself. The book was also very preachy burdened with trivial descriptions of eating habits and dissertations that detracted from the story.
CANT WAIT FOR THE DUTCH!! March 24, 2001
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Roberts always fascinates me with his ability to make Milan hard-boiled and intelligent at the same time. As this series goes on, Milan is becoming more and more mature and culpable for his actions and the actions of others as well. I have personal knowledge of the Slovenian Community and although he is a transplanted Clevelander, Roberts has made good use of his resources here to project a very believeable character. The moral dilemmas he presented in THE INDIAN SIGN still have me uncomfortable and undecided after 8 months. Roberts is becoming more confident in his success with this series as he writes each book and relies not so much on the shoot 'em up and punch 'em out as he does on making Milan Jacovich a very believeable character. And if anyone knows anything about characters, it's Roberts.
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