Joe Ide

IQ. Así se conoce a Isaiah Quintabe en los barrios humildes de la zona este de Long Beach. Hombre solitario, de una extraordinaria inteligencia, se ha convertido en una especie de detective sin licencia al que acuden las victimas de la elevada criminalidad de estos barrios, desatendidos por la desbordada policia de Los Angeles. Gente muy humilde, le pagan con lo poco que tienen.Las circunstancias obligan a IQ a buscar fuentes de ingresos mas solidas, lo que le lleva a tener que aceptar el caso de un rapero al que han intentado asesinar. Con la colaboracion de su peculiar colega Dodson, se adentrara en el oscuro corazon del negocio del rap, donde se mueven personajes extraños y peligrosos: pandilleros, prostitutas, abogados, asesinos a sueldo, capos de la droga de gatillo facil, codiciosos productores musicales... Si logra resolver el caso, aplicando su metodo del razonamiento inductivo, IQ puede corregir un error que cometio años atras. De lo contrario, no sera solo el asesino quien ira tras sus pasos." IQ " es un thriller original y muy divertido; con personajes, escenas y dialogos delirantes que sirven de marco a Joe Ide para hacer una satira del mundo actual y de sus diferencias sociales, de la que no se libran ni las letras de las canciones de rap ni los libros de autoayuda. Todo de la mano, siguiendo la ...

''The best discovery I''ve come across in a long time'' Michael ConnellyWhen the beautiful woman you''ve longed for since boyhood calls and asks you to find her missing sister, what do you do? If you are Isaiah Quintabe - IQ to his friends - you''ll do everything you can. The girl, an erratic DJ and gambling addict, has gone missing in Las Vegas - with a frightening loan shark, Chinese Triad gangsters, and her own deadbeat boyfriend hot on her tail. But IQ''s search takes an unexpected turn when he meets a criminal mastermind who knows something about the murky circumstances surrounding his own brother''s death . . .''Witty and confident, with a bustling plot, this is a worthy follow-up to Ide''s excellent debut'' Guardian

The best discovery Ive come across in a long time Michael ConnellyWhen the beautiful woman youve longed for since boyhood calls and asks you to find her missing sister, what do you do? If you are Isaiah Quintabe - IQ to his friends - youll do everything you can. The girl, an erratic DJ and gambling addict, has gone missing in Las Vegas - with a frightening loan shark, Chinese Triad gangsters, and her own deadbeat boyfriend hot on her tail. But IQs search takes an unexpected turn when he meets a criminal mastermind who knows something about the murky circumstances surrounding his own brothers death . . .Witty and confident, with a bustling plot, this is a worthy follow-up to Ides excellent debutGuardian

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 the corner store without being recognized. Dodson, once his sidekick, is now his full-fledged partner, hell-bent on giving IQ's PI business some real legitimacy: a Facebook page, and IQ's promise to stop accepting Christmas sweaters and carpet cleanings in exchange for PI services.So when a young painter approaches IQ for help tracking down her missing mother, it's not just the case Isaiah's looking for, but the human connection. And when his new confidant turns out to be connected to a dangerous paramilitary operation, IQ falls victim to a threat even a genius can't see coming.Waiting for Isaiah around every corner is Seb, the Oxford-educated gangster who was responsible for the death of his brother, Marcus. Only, this time, Isaiah's not alone. Joined by a new love interest and his familiar band of accomplices, IQ is back - and the adventures are better than ever.

IQ es el apodo Isaiah Quintabe, hombre solitario, de una extraordinaria inteligencia, que se ha convertido en una especie de detective sin licencia al que acuden las víctimas de la elevada criminalidad de los barrios humildes de Los Angeles, que le pagan con lo poco que tienen. Las circunstancias obligan a IQ a buscar fuentes de ingresos mas solidas, lo que le lleva a tener que aceptar el caso de un rapero al que han intentado asesinar. Con la colaboracion de su peculiar colega Dodson, se adentrara en el oscuro corazon del negocio del rap, donde se mueven personajes extraños y peligrosos: pandilleros, prostitutas, abogados, asesinos a sueldo, capos de la droga de gatillo facil, codiciosos productores musicales... Si logra resolver el caso aplicando su metodo del razonamiento inductivo, IQ puede corregir un error que cometio años atras. De lo contrario, no sera solo el asesino quien ira tras sus pasos.IQ es el apodo Isaiah Quintabe, hombre solitario, de una extraordinaria inteligencia, que se ha convertido en una especie de detective sin licencia al que acuden las víctimas de la elevada criminalidad de los barrios humildes de Los Angeles, que le pagan con lo poco que tienen. Las circunstancias obligan a IQ a buscar fuentes de ingresos mas solidas, lo que le lleva a tener que aceptar el caso de un rapero al que han intentado asesinar. Con la colaboracion de su peculiar colega Dodson, se adentrara en el oscuro corazon del negocio del rap, donde se mueven personajes extraños y peligrosos: pandilleros, prostitutas, abogados, asesinos a sueldo, capos de la droga de gatillo facil, codiciosos productores musicales... Si logra resolver el caso aplicando su metodo del razonamiento inductivo, IQ puede corregir un error que cometio años atras. De lo contrario, no sera solo el asesino quien ira tras sus pasos.

IQ, le Sherlock Holmes du ghetto. Isaiah Quintabe, dit IQ, est un jeune détective afro-américain atypique. Loup solitaire, il cache sous une apparence nonchalante une intelligence et un sens de lobservation hors du commun. Ses clients sont les misereux, les marginaux de Los Angeles, ceux a qui la police tourne le dos. Isaiah est hante depuis lenfance par lassassinat de son frere Marcus. Devenu adulte, il decide de consacrer toute son energie a la resolution du crime. Et, lorsque lex-petite-amie de son frere lappelle a la rescousse depuis le royaume des casinos quest Las Vegas, il le prend comme un signe. Personnages hors normes, dialogues flamboyants et sens du detail : Joe Ide est lune des voix les plus interessantes du polar cote Ouest.

La police de Los Angeles ne parvient pas à juguler la criminalité galopante dans les quartiers mal famés à l’est de Long Beach : meurtres impunis, retraités dépouillés, enfants kidnappés… Mais on mur

THE TIMES BEST CRIME NOVELS OF THE YEARNEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLERS OF 2020: Playful, fresh, full of lifeWALL STREET JOURNAL BEST MYSTERIES OF 2020: Among the most inventive and smartly written books in the genreExtraordinary verveThe TimesCrackles with lifeNew York TimesThe Holmes of the 21st centuryDaily MailOne of the hottest mystery novelists at workWashington PostWriting so sharp you may cut your fingers on the pagesAttica LockeThe best new discovery Ive come across in a long timeMichael ConnellyOne witness. Five versions of the truth.Cristiana is the daughter of the biggest arms dealers on the West Coast. Shes also the sole witness and number one suspect in the murder of her boyfriend.Isaiah Quintabe is coerced into taking the case to prove her innocence but theres a catch: Christiana has multiple personalities - five of them, to be precise - and no one personality saw the entire incident.

Private eye Philip Marlowe is transplanted into 21st-century Los Angeles in this tongue-in-cheek tribute to the classic works of Raymond Chandler... The wisecracking dialogue, outlandish characters and vicious slapstick make The Goodbye Coast a joy to read from the very first pageThe TimesA terrific read - pacy, with tension, pathos, wonderful descriptions of LA and some lovely one-linersGuardianSunshine and skullduggery, movie stars and mayhem - Joe Ide brings us Philip Marlowe who wears our twenty-first century like a well-cut suitIan RankinHow the hell do you write a mystery about Philip Marlowe, set it in Los Angeles, and still make it a total gobsmacking original? Thats the miracle of Joe Ides The Goodbye Coast. Ide has created a Philip Marlowe for the 2020sJames PattersonNot so much a reimagining of Chandlers world as a reinvigoration. By transplanting Philip Marlowe to 2021 LA, Joe Ide has chiseled off the rust while keeping the soul of one of American fictions icons. The Goodbye Coast is a blast from start to finishDennis LehaneThe seductive and relentless figure of Raymond Chandlers detective, Philip Marlowe, is vividly re-imagined in present-day Los AngelesLos Angeles - a city of scheming Malibu actresses, ruthless gang members, virulent inequality and washed-out police. Roaming the city streets is Philip Marlowe: a quiet, lonely, remarkably capable private detective, living beneath the shadow of his father - a once-decorated LAPD homicide detective now drinking his life away.Marlowes latest client is tyrannical starlet Kendra James. Kendras husband was fatally shot near their Malibu home, but even though that murder remains unresolved, the actress is more interested in tracking down her 17-year-old stepdaughter, who hasnt been seen for weeks. But things get complicated after Marlowe lands a second missing person search from British academic Ren Stewart, whose ex-husband has kidnapped their seven-year-old son. Steeped in the richly detailed ethnic neighborhoods of modern LA, Ides The Goodbye Coast is a bold recreation that is viciously funny, ingeniously plotted, and surprisingly tender.

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 the corner store without being recognized. Dodson, once his sidekick, is now his full-fledged partner, hell-bent on giving IQs PI business some real legitimacy: a Facebook page, and IQs promise to stop accepting Christmas sweaters and carpet cleanings in exchange for PI services.So when a young painter approaches IQ for help tracking down her missing mother, its not just the case Isaiahs looking for, but the human connection. And when his new confidant turns out to be connected to a dangerous paramilitary operation, IQ falls victim to a threat even a genius cant see coming.Waiting for Isaiah around every corner is Seb, the Oxford-educated gangster who was responsible for the death of his brother, Marcus. Only, this time, Isaiahs not alone. Joined by a new love interest and his familiar band of accomplices, IQ is back - and the adventures are better than ever.

Joe Ide is the best new discovery Ive come across in a long time. And Isaiah Quintabe is the kind of sleuth not seen on the mystery landscape before. Michael ConnellySHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA JOHN CREASEY (new blood) DAGGERTHE TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH: Full of humour, originality and high-quality writingEast Long Beach. The LAPD is barely keeping up with the high crime rate. Murders go unsolved, the elderly are being mugged, children go missing. But word has spread: if youve got a case the police cant - or wont - touch, Isaiah Quintabe will help you out.They call him IQ. Hes a loner and a high school dropout, his unassuming nature disguising a relentless determination and a fierce intelligence. His clients pay him whatever they can afford, a new set of tyres or some homemade muffins. But now he needs a client who can pay. And the only way to that client is through a jive-talking, low-life drug dealer he thought hed left behind. Then theres the case itself. A drug-addled rap star surrounded by a crew of flunkies who believes his life is in danger; and a hit man who even other hit men say is a lunatic. If he solves this case, IQ can put right a mistake he made long ago. If not it wont just be the hit man coming after him ...WINNER of the ANTHONY AWARD for Best Debut, the SHAMUS AWARD for BEST FIRST P.I. NOVEL. the MACAVITY AWARD for Best First Novel; SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 EDGAR AWARD and STRAND CRITICS AWARD.

In this action-packed thriller, a resident of one of LAs toughest neighborhoods uses his blistering intellect to solve the crimes the LAPD ignores. East Long Beach. The LAPD is barely keeping up with the neighborhoods 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 cant or wont touch. They call him IQ. Hes 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, hes forced to take on clients that can pay. This time, its 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.

In this hotly anticipated follow-up to the smash hit IQ, a New York Times Critics Best of the Year, Isaiah uncovers a secret behind the death of his brother, Marcus. For ten years, something has gnawed at Isaiah Quintabes gut and kept him up nights, boiling with anger and thoughts of revenge. Ten years 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 his life. Even with a flourishing career, a new dog, and near-iconic status as a PI in his hometown, East Long Beach, he has to begin the hunt againor lose his mind. A case takes him and his volatile, dubious sidekick, Dodson, to Vegas, where Chinese gangsters and a terrifying seven-foot loan shark are stalking a DJ and her screwball boyfriend. If Isaiah doesnt find the two first, theyll be murdered. Awaiting the outcome is the love of IQs life: fail, and hell lose her. Isaiahs quest is fraught with treachery, menace, and startling twists, and it will lead him to the mastermind behind his brothers death, Isaiahs own sinister Moriarty. With even more action, suspense, and mind-bending mysteries than Isaiahs first adventures, Righteous is a rollicking, ingenious thrill ride.Winner of the Anthony, Macavity, and Shamus Awards

SOON TO BE A MAJOR TV SERIES PRODUCED BY SNOOP DOGGThe best new discovery Ive come across in a long timeMichael ConnellyWriting so sharp you may cut your fingers on the pagesAttica LockeThe best thing to happen to mystery writing in a very long timeNew York TimesThe Holmes of the 21st centuryDaily MailConan Doyles characterisation and Raymond Chandlers phrase-makingGuardianAn electrifying combination of Holmesian mystery and SoCal gritTimeTruly feels like an heir to Elmore LeonardDaily TelegraphAn author with wizard-like giftsWall Street JournalIde is an original as a suspense writer: every novel he writes feels like a new inventionWashington PostIsaiah is no longer IQ, the genius of East Long Beach. A man on the road and on the run, he is hiding in a small Northern California town when his room is broken into by a desperate young man on the trail of the states most prolific serial killer.Isaiahs former sidekick Dodson has also had to change life, in an attempt to keep his wife and child. His devils bargain is an internship at an LA advertising agency, where it turns out the rules of the street have simply been dressed in business casual. The ageing companys fortunes may well rest on their ability to attract a younger demographic and Dodson - the hustlers hustler - just may be the right man for the job.Both Isaiah and Dodson are at a crossroads, but can they leave their former lives behind for good?

The best thing to happen to mystery writing in a very long timeNEW YORK TIMES Isaiah Quintabes first love, Grace, has been kidnapped by maniacal hitman Skip Hanson, who is determined to punish Isaiah for sending him to prison.With Graces safety at stake, Isaiah reunites with his old partner, ex-hustler Juanell Dodson, to track down Graces whereabouts.Trouble comes in the shape of Winne Hando, a homicide detective with something to prove. Winnie sees Isaiahs involvement as a potential embarrassment: an unlicensed PI cant be seen doing a better job than a police department.As Winnie and Isaiah compete in their increasingly desperate hunt, Isaiah starts to fear that even if he can bring Grace home alive, things between them will never be the same ...PRAISE FOR JOE IDE AND THE IQ SERIESTruly feels like an heir to Elmore LeonardDAILY TELEGRAPHAn electrifying combination of Holmesian mystery and SoCal gritTIMEOne of the most singular characters in crime fictionWASHINGTON POST