Island (2012 ) Win, Place, or Die (with co-author Dan S. Kennedy) (2013 ) The Ashtabula Hat Trick (2015 ) Speaking of Murder (with co-author Dan S. Kennedy) (2016 ) Other A Carol for Cleveland (1991 ) The Chinese Fire Drill (2001 ) The Scent of Spiced Oranges and Other Stories (2002 ) We'll Always Have Cleveland (2006 ) The Strange Death of Father Candy (Dominick Candiotti #1) (2011 ) Wet Work (Dominick Candiotti #2) (2014 ) Sheehan's Dog (2022 ) Awards In 1986 he won the inaugural "Best First Private Eye Novel Contest" for An Infinite Number of Monkeys in 1986. This novel was also nominated for the 1988 Anthony Award for "Best First Novel" and the Shamus Award the same year in the same category. The following year, the initial novel in the Milan Jacovich series was nominated for the 1989 Anthony Award in the "Best Novel" category. Next, Roberts also won the 1992 Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature and has been voted "Cleveland's Favorite Author" by Cleveland.com. The novel The Lake Effect was nominated for the 1995 Shamus Award in the "Best Private Eye Novel" category. References External links American television writers American male television writers American mystery writers 1937 births Living people Writers from Cleveland American male novelists American male screenwriters Novelists from Ohio Screenwriters from Ohio