The Ashtabula Hat Trick: A Milan Jacovich Mystery (Milan Jacovich Mysteries #18) (Hardcover)
Other Books in Series
This is book number 18 in the Milan Jacovich Mysteries series.
- #1: Pepper Pike: A Milan Jacovich Mystery (Milan Jacovich Mysteries #1) (Paperback): $14.99
- #2: Full Cleveland (Milan Jacovich Mysteries #2) (Paperback): $14.95
- #3: Deep Shaker: A Milan Jacovich Mystery (Milan Jacovich Mysteries #3) (Paperback): $14.95
- #4: The Cleveland Connection: A Milan Jacovich Mystery (Milan Jacovich Mysteries #4) (Paperback): $13.95
- #5: The Lake Effect: A Milan Jacovich Mystery (Milan Jacovich Mysteries #5) (Paperback): $13.95
- #6: The Duke of Cleveland: A Milan Jacovich Mystery (Milan Jacovich Mysteries #6) (Paperback): $15.95
- #7: Collision Bend: A Milan Jacovich Mystery (Milan Jacovich Mysteries #7) (Paperback): $14.95
- #8: The Cleveland Local: A Milan Jacovich Mystery (Milan Jacovich Mysteries #8) (Paperback): $14.95
- #9: A Shoot in Cleveland: A Milan Jacovich Mystery (Milan Jacovich Mysteries #9) (Paperback): $14.95
- #10: The Best-Kept Secret: A Milan Jacovich Mystery (Milan Jacovich Mysteries #10) (Paperback): $13.95
- #11: The Indian Sign: A Milan Jacovich Mystery (Milan Jacovich Mysteries #11) (Paperback): $14.95
- #12: The Dutch: A Milan Jacovich Mystery (Milan Jacovich Mysteries #12) (Paperback): $14.95
- #13: The Irish Sports Pages: A Milan Jacovich Mystery (Milan Jacovich Mysteries #13) (Paperback): $14.95
- #14: King of the Holly Hop (Milan Jacovich Mysteries #14) (Paperback): $13.95
- #16: The Cleveland Creep: A Milan Jacovich Mystery (Milan Jacovich Mysteries #16) (Paperback): $13.95
- #17: Win, Place, or Die (Milan Jacovich Mysteries #17) (Paperback): $15.95
- #19: Speaking of Murder: A Milan Jacovich Mystery (Milan Jacovich Mysteries #19) (Paperback): $15.95
Description
The people of Queenstown, Ohio, don't take kindly to strangers. But they have no choice in the matter after a man's body is found in a local park, pants unzipped and stabbed through the heart--and a second man's body turns up days later, his head bashed in. Local law enforcement needs help with the town's first-ever murder investigation.
Private investigator Milan Jacovich (pronounced MY-lan YOCK-ovitch) tags along when his main squeeze, Cleveland homicide detective Tobe Blaine, is dispatched to rural Ashtabula County to handle the case.
Word travels fast in the small town, and the mixed-race couple receives a cold welcome. The motel manager doesn't like their looks, the coroner conveniently forgets key details, and patrons at the local watering hole flaunt their disrespect for Tobe's out-of-town badge and her skin color.
Milan enlists his young assistant, Kevin "K.O." O'Bannion, to glean information from the town's teens, who tell tales of their parents' fervent devotion to their local pastor, an outspoken bigot. Did homophobia factor in the murders?
Looming over the case is nearby Conneaut prison--privately run, overcrowded, and rumored to employ some questionable methods (as well as many local residents). Inside its walls, a powerful convict known as "The Prophet" just might have the information Tobe and Milan need to solve the case--if they can get him to talk.
Queenstown might only be an hour's drive from Cleveland, but Milan, Tobe, and K.O. find themselves strangers in a strange land. They also soon find themselves neck-deep in serious trouble.