Author: joeide

When IQ agrees to track down a painter’s missing mother, he unexpectedly encounters a dangerous paramilitary operation — and must escape a trap so deadly that even a genius can’t see it coming. Isaiah Quintabe — IQ for short — has never been more successful, or felt more alone. A series of high-profile wins in his hometown of East Long Beach have made him so notorious that he can hardly go to … so notorious that he can hardly go to the corner store without being recognized. Dodson, once his sidekick, is now his full-fledged partner, hell-bent on giving IQ’s…

In this hotly anticipated follow-up to the smash hit IQ, a New York Times Critics’ Best of the Year and winner of the Anthony, Macavity, and Shamus Awards, Isaiah uncovers a secret behind the death of his brother, Marcus. For ten years, something has gnawed at Isaiah Quintabe’s gut and kept him up nights, boiling with anger and thoughts of revenge. Ten years ago, when Isaiah was just a boy, his … ago, when Isaiah was just a boy, his brother was killed by an unknown assailant. The search for the killer sent Isaiah plunging into despair and nearly destroyed…

This series launch was an Anthony Award winner and New York Times Best Book of the Year! Meet Isaiah Quintabe — a streetwise, modern-day Sherlock Holmes — who uses his brilliant mind to tackle a case the LAPD won’t touch. “Everyone who reads IQ will be clamoring for the next book, and for the one after that” (Carl Hiaasen).