Les Roberts is the author of 15 mystery novels featuring Cleveland detective Milan Jacovich, as well as 9 other books of fiction. The past president of both the Private Eye Writers of America and the American Crime Writer's League, he came to mystery writing after a 24-year career in Hollywood. He was the first producer and head writer of the Hollywood Squares and wrote for the Andy Griffith Show, the Jackie Gleason Show, and the Man from U.N.C.L.E., among others. He has been a professional actor, a singer, a jazz musician, and a teacher. In 2003 he received the Sherwood Anderson Literary Award. A native of Chicago, he now lives in Northeast Ohio and is a film and literary critic
Genres: Mystery
Series
Saxon
1. An Infinite Number Of Monkeys (1987)
2. Not Enough Horses (1988)
3. A Carrot For The Donkey (1989)
4. Snake Oil (1990)
5. Seeing The Elephant (1992)
6. The Lemon Chicken Jones (1994)
1. An Infinite Number Of Monkeys (1987)
2. Not Enough Horses (1988)
3. A Carrot For The Donkey (1989)
4. Snake Oil (1990)
5. Seeing The Elephant (1992)
6. The Lemon Chicken Jones (1994)
Milan Jacovich
1. Pepper Pike (1988)
2. Full Cleveland (1989)
3. Deep Shaker (1991)
4. The Cleveland Connection (1993)
5. The Lake Effect (1994)
6. The Duke Of Cleveland (1995)
7. Collision Bend (1996)
8. The Cleveland Local (1997)
9. A Shoot In Cleveland (1998)
10. The Best Kept Secret (1999)
11. The Indian Sign (2000)
12. The Dutch (2001)
13. The Irish Sports Pages (2002)
14. King of the Holly Hop (2008)
15. The Cleveland Creep (2011)
16. Whiskey Island (2012)
17. Win, Place, or Die (2013) (with Dan S Kennedy)
18. The Ashtabula Hat Trick (2015)
19. Speaking of Murder (2016) (with Dan S Kennedy)
1. Pepper Pike (1988)
2. Full Cleveland (1989)
3. Deep Shaker (1991)
4. The Cleveland Connection (1993)
5. The Lake Effect (1994)
6. The Duke Of Cleveland (1995)
7. Collision Bend (1996)
8. The Cleveland Local (1997)
9. A Shoot In Cleveland (1998)
10. The Best Kept Secret (1999)
11. The Indian Sign (2000)
12. The Dutch (2001)
13. The Irish Sports Pages (2002)
14. King of the Holly Hop (2008)
15. The Cleveland Creep (2011)
16. Whiskey Island (2012)
17. Win, Place, or Die (2013) (with Dan S Kennedy)
18. The Ashtabula Hat Trick (2015)
19. Speaking of Murder (2016) (with Dan S Kennedy)
Novels
Collections
Novellas and Short Stories
Non fiction show
Books containing stories by Les Roberts
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: Second Annual Collection (2001)
(World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, book 2)
edited by
Ed Gorman and Martin H Greenberg
More books
Award nominations
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