IQ
Published on 18. October 2016
336 pages
978-0-316-26771-7 (ISBN)
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In this action-packed thriller, a resident of one of LA's toughest neighborhoods uses his blistering intellect to solve the crimes the LAPD ignores.
East Long Beach. The LAPD is barely keeping up with the neighborhood's high crime rate. Murders go unsolved, lost children unrecovered. But someone from the neighborhood has taken it upon himself to help solve the cases the police can't or won't touch.
They call him IQ. He's a loner and a high school dropout, his unassuming nature disguising a relentless determination and a fierce intelligence. He charges his clients whatever they can afford, which might be a set of tires or a homemade casserole. To get by, he's forced to take on clients that can pay.
This time, it's a rap mogul whose life is in danger. As Isaiah investigates, he encounters a vengeful ex-wife, a crew of notorious cutthroats, a monstrous attack dog, and a hit man who even other hit men say is a lunatic. The deeper Isaiah digs, the more far reaching and dangerous the case becomes.
East Long Beach. The LAPD is barely keeping up with the neighborhood's high crime rate. Murders go unsolved, lost children unrecovered. But someone from the neighborhood has taken it upon himself to help solve the cases the police can't or won't touch.
They call him IQ. He's a loner and a high school dropout, his unassuming nature disguising a relentless determination and a fierce intelligence. He charges his clients whatever they can afford, which might be a set of tires or a homemade casserole. To get by, he's forced to take on clients that can pay.
This time, it's a rap mogul whose life is in danger. As Isaiah investigates, he encounters a vengeful ex-wife, a crew of notorious cutthroats, a monstrous attack dog, and a hit man who even other hit men say is a lunatic. The deeper Isaiah digs, the more far reaching and dangerous the case becomes.
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Joe Ide grew up in South Central Los Angeles, where his favorite books were the Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes stories. He held a variety of different jobs -- including Hollywood screenwriter -- before writing IQ, his debut novel, which went on to win the Anthony, Macavity, and Shamus awards. Joe lives in Santa Monica, CA.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Welcome
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Prologue
- Chapter One: Unlicensed and Underground
- Chapter Two: Everything
- Chapter Three: Where's My Samitch, Bitch?
- Chapter Four: The Hatchet Man
- Chapter Five: That's Where the Best Dreams Are
- Chapter Six: Burnout
- Chapter Seven: Kill on Sight
- Chapter Eight: Jiffy Lube
- Chapter Nine: Game Bred
- Chapter Ten: Pet City
- Chapter Eleven: Lucky
- Chapter Twelve: Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye
- Chapter Thirteen: Is That You?
- Chapter Fourteen: You Can Make Anything Run
- Chapter Fifteen: When We Ride on Our Enemies
- Chapter Sixteen: I'm Not Doing It
- Chapter Seventeen: Die, Bitch
- Chapter Eighteen: The Inside Man
- Chapter Nineteen: One Damn Bullet
- Chapter Twenty: R.I.P.
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Discover More Joe Ide
- About the Author
- Copyright
