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IQ

Joe Ide

20161 pagesabout 5–10 minutes
2016
first published
  • 2016Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company · 321 pages · ENGISBN 9780316267724
  • 2016Little Brown & Company · 336 pages · ENGISBN 9780316267717
  • 2017Orion Publishing Group, Limited · 336 pages · ENGISBN 9781474607186
  • 2017Thorndike Press · 476 pages · ENGISBN 9781410499226
  • 2016Blackstone PubISBN 9781478942597
  • 2018Alianza · 400 pagesISBN 9788491812784
  • 2016Hachette Audio and Blackstone Audio · 1 pagesISBN 9781478942603
  • 2017Mulholland Books · 352 pagesISBN 9780316267731

"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"--

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