The Ashtabula Hat Trick: A Milan Jacovich Mystery (milan Jacovich Mysteries) [Paperback]

The people of Queenstown, Ohio, dont take kindly to strangers. But they have no choice in the matter after a mans body is found in a local park, pants unzipped and stabbed through the heartand a second mans body turns up days later, his head bashed in. Local law enforcement needs help with the towns first-ever murder investigation.

Private investigator Milan Jacovich (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 doesnt like their looks, the coroner conveniently forgets key details, and patrons at the local watering hole flaunt their disrespect for Tobes out-of-town badge and her skin color.

Milan enlists his young assistant, Kevin K.O. OBannion, to glean information from the towns 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 prisonprivately 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 caseif they can get him to talk.

Queenstown might only be an hours 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.