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The Indian Sign |
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 The Indian Sign byLes Roberts Minotaur Books 320 pages, August 2000 ISBN 031225217X Reviewed by PJ Nunn Read our author interview Security expert Milan Jacovich is back and in rare form. The winter is cold and harsh, and Milan can’t help noticing a large, old Native American parked stoically on a bench across from his apartment. He’s there when Milan goes to work and in the same spot when Milan goes to bed. The next day, the man’s body is pulled from the river. Being Milan, even though it’s officially none of his business, he has to ask. Soon, he’s almost sorry he did. He already has a case, but he’s working for a man he doesn’t like, investigating the background of a questionable employee. When Milan learns that the old Indian’s grandson, an infant, was kidnapped and the local police in the small village are doing nothing about it, his loyalties are definitely divided. Working both cases at the same time, he’s finding answers he doesn’t like at both ends. Trouble with his lady Connie complicates matters even further. Milan, who tends to live in a black and white world of right and wrong, finds himself lost in a sea of gray and fighting to find his way home. The Indian Sign is the eleventh book in the Milan Jacovich series, and it’s no disappointment. Roberts continues to create interesting cases with surprise endings and believable characters. The beauty of the evolution of this series is in the growth and enduring qualities of Milan. Relationships change, his sons are growing up, but the characteristics that make Milan so lovable, even when they’re challenged, somehow manage to remain constant. The Indian Sign is a troubling, brutal tale of discrimination and the abomination of assumptions that might makes right. Milan challenges these situations and confronts them with the bold light of truth, leaving readers once again hoping that real Milans still exist in the world, crusading against the odds to ensure that justice in its purest form prevails. |
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