CLEVELAND LOCAL

Against a backdrop combining Cleveland's Jewish community and its local labor movement, private detective Milan Jacovich is hired to find out who murdered a hotshot attorney while he was on a Caribbean vacation. Author Les Roberts has obvious talents as a reader. His dialogue is particularly good, and the characters come alive both on the printed page and audio tape. But for some reason, Roberts reads the narration as though mumbling under his breath, making it almost impossible for the listener to follow most of the story. S.E.S. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine [Published: DEC/JAN 01]