Order of Les Roberts Books

Les Roberts is an American author of mystery novels. Before getting into the world of fiction writing, Les worked in Hollywood for 24 years, where he wrote and produced over 2,500 half-hour segments of television. During that time, he wrote for The Hollywood Squares, The Lucy Show, The Andy Griffith Show, The Jackie Gleason Show, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and more. He has served as president of the Private Eye Writers of America and also critiques books for The Plain Dealer newspaper in Cleveland. He is the author of the Milan Jacovich series.

Les Roberts made his debut as a published author in 1987 with the novel An Infinite Number of Monkeys. Below is a list of Les Roberts’ books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Saxon Books

An Infinite Number of Monkeys	(1987)
Not Enough Horses	(1988)
A Carrot for the Donkey	(1989)
Snake Oil	(1990)
Seeing the Elephant	(1992)
The Lemon Chicken Jones	(1994)

Publication Order of Milan Jacovich Books

Pepper Pike	(1988)
Full Cleveland	(1989)
Deep Shaker	(1991)
The Cleveland Connection	(1993)
The Lake Effect	(1994)
The Duke Of Cleveland	(1995)
Collision Bend	(1996)
The Cleveland Local	(1997)
A Shoot in Cleveland	(1998)
The Best-Kept Secret	(1999)
The Indian Sign	(2000)
The Dutch	(2001)
The Irish Sports Pages	(2002)
King of the Holly Hop	(2008)
The Cleveland Creep	(2011)
Whiskey Island	(2012)
Win, Place, or Die	(2013)
The Ashtabula Hat Trick	(2015)
Speaking of Murder	(2018)

Publication Order of Dominick Candiotti Books

The Strange Death of Father Candy	(2011)
Wet Work	(2014)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Chinese Fire Drill	(2001)
A Carol for Cleveland	(2011)
Sheehan's Dog	(2022)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Scent of Spiced Orange and Other Stories

(2002)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

We'll Always Have Cleveland

(2006)

Publication Order of World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories Books

The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1	(2000)
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2	(2000)
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3	(2002)
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4	(2003)
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5	(2004)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Feline and Famous	(1994)
Murder on Route 66	(1998)
The Shamus Game	(2000)
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2	(2000)

If You Like Les Roberts Books, You’ll Love…

• Robert Crais
• Robert B. Parker
• Archer Mayor

Note: Win, Place, or Die was co-authored with Dan S. Kennedy.

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