IQ

by Joe Ide

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Pub Date Oct 18 2016 | Archive Date Nov 18 2016

Mulholland Books

General Fiction (Adult) | Mystery & Thrillers

Description

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.

A Note From the Publisher

– One of Wall Street Journal‘s 10 Books to Read This Fall
– One of Entertainment Weekly’s 8 Mysteries to Chill you This Fall
– On the Indie Next list for November
– One of Amazon and iBooks’s Best Books of the Month

– One of Wall Street Journal‘s 10 Books to Read This Fall
– One of Entertainment Weekly’s 8 Mysteries to Chill you This Fall
– On the Indie Next list for November
– One of Amazon and iBooks’s Best...

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A Note From the Publisher

– One of Wall Street Journal‘s 10 Books to Read This Fall
– One of Entertainment Weekly’s 8 Mysteries to Chill you This Fall
– On the Indie Next list for November
– One of Amazon and iBooks’s Best Books of the Month

Advance Praise

“One of the most original thrillers of the year . . . [A] sometimes scary, often whimsical, off-the-wall delight . . . It’s a mad world that late-blooming Joe Ide has brought forth from his past, a spicy mix of urban horror, youthful striving and show-business absurdity. His IQ is an original and welcome creation.” —Washington Post

“Wonderfully quirky . . . Exhilarating language and [an] oddball cast . . . A total laff-riot” —New York Times Book Review

“I don’t know how fast Joe Ide writes, but from now on he’ll have to write faster. Everyone who reads IQ will be clamoring for the next book, and for the one after that. This is one of the most intriguing—and appealing—detective characters to come along in years.” —Carl Hiaasen

“A crackling page-turner of a debut” —Entertainment Weekly

“Joe Ide. Remember that name. . . . Mystery aficionados will remember it as the breakout debut of a major new voice in the suspense genre.” —BookPage