The Dutch: A Milan Jacovich Mystery (Milan Jacovich Mysteries Book 12)

#12 in the Milan Jacovich mystery series . . .

€œBrilliantly plotted, with a powerhouse climax.€ €" Booklist

In street parlance, €œthe dutch€ is another expression for suicide. That€s what everyone assumes happened to Ellen Carnine when her broken body is found 150 feet below the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge in downtown Cleveland. A terse, sad suicide note has been left on the screen of her home computer.

But her grieving father asks private eye Milan Jacovich (it€s pronounced MY-lan YOCK-ovitch) to figure out why a bright and successful, dot-com executive like Ellen took her own life. Milan is introduced to a different reality by Ellen€s four best female friends, an old lover, her employers, and some of the lowlifes from Cleveland€s meanest streets.

The search for the truth leads Milan into the unfamiliar territory of Internet chat rooms, where he learns a great deal about the faceless people who live part of their lives behind a screen, becoming best friends€"or bitter enemies€"without actually meeting.

Milan pushes too far€"and uncovers the most brutal and ­heinous crime he€s ever faced.