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ncrabb's review
3.0
One of Cleveland’s most well-known television reporters is dead as this fictional novel begins. But the highly ambitious youthful reporter didn’t just die naturally; she was murdered.
The cops are increasingly certain the murder was committed by a colleague at the television station who had been sexually active with the young reporter. Worse still, his dalliance came at the expense of a woman who had at one time been close to Milan Jacovich.
In a new relationship, Milan is stunned when his former girlfriend shows up at his office and begs him to take on the case of her cheating lover. Despite what the man has done, she is prepared to do whatever she can to ensure his freedom. She is convinced he is not guilty.
Milan is reluctant to take the case for a lot of good reasons, not the least of which is the fact that his former girlfriend walked out on him to take up a relationship with the very man Milan is now being asked to save.
But if the TV exec didn’t kill the woman, who did? She has doubtless made many an enemy in Cleveland, especially when you consider that she’s so driven to succeed. Could she have run afoul of an angry viewer? The whole case changes when, after a clandestine search of the dead woman’s office, Jacovich gets possession of an unlabeled computer disc that included cryptic notes the reporter had taken prior to her death. The notes hinted that she had found damaging information about a former city official whose eyes are on the gubernatorial mansion. In his usual methodical way, Milan solves this in a manner that will both surprise you and satisfy you.
The cops are increasingly certain the murder was committed by a colleague at the television station who had been sexually active with the young reporter. Worse still, his dalliance came at the expense of a woman who had at one time been close to Milan Jacovich.
In a new relationship, Milan is stunned when his former girlfriend shows up at his office and begs him to take on the case of her cheating lover. Despite what the man has done, she is prepared to do whatever she can to ensure his freedom. She is convinced he is not guilty.
Milan is reluctant to take the case for a lot of good reasons, not the least of which is the fact that his former girlfriend walked out on him to take up a relationship with the very man Milan is now being asked to save.
But if the TV exec didn’t kill the woman, who did? She has doubtless made many an enemy in Cleveland, especially when you consider that she’s so driven to succeed. Could she have run afoul of an angry viewer? The whole case changes when, after a clandestine search of the dead woman’s office, Jacovich gets possession of an unlabeled computer disc that included cryptic notes the reporter had taken prior to her death. The notes hinted that she had found damaging information about a former city official whose eyes are on the gubernatorial mansion. In his usual methodical way, Milan solves this in a manner that will both surprise you and satisfy you.
cherylanntownsend's review
5.0
Gads, but I devour these books! With every new book in the series I read, I feel like I'm visiting in on a friend. Collision Bend is a somewhat turning point for Milan Jacovich, in that he inherited some money and now owns his own warehouse, complete with tenants, to work his PI dealings out of. He can now impress the hoity-toity that try trump a hand Jacovich always manages to win with. When an up and coming local TV station journalist is killed, it upsets all those who knew her and worries a select few who knew her a tad bit better. In a battle against time to clear one of the later, Jacovich deciphers a shorthand code that leads him, letter by letter, to a novel ending. But of course, not without a few bullets, punches and lost romances. I love Milan. He's a snarky old cuddle who deserves a happier existence. But oh, he's so much fun attaining it!
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