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 pa Isaiah Quintabe--IQ for short--has never been more successful, or felt more alone. A series of high-profile wins in his h...
| Title | : | Wrecked |
| Author | : | Joe Ide |
| Rating | : | |
| Genres | : | Mystery |
| ISBN | : | Break It Down ISBN |
| Edition Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 pages pages |
Wrecked Reviews
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
The interesting start is wasted by fraying off into many directions and culminating to a tragic end. 3 of 10 stars ...
I still like IQ, the colorful characters and the sharp, fast dialogue, but this book is a hyper violent torture fest. The first book was so good, but I think the prospect of filming this series has hurt it. There is too much emphasis on action. I realize that a lot of people love that,...
It doesn?t usually take me this long to finish an IQ mystery. I tore through the two previous books in a day or so. ?Wrecked? was different. From the very beginning, this was obviously a very different book than ?IQ? or ?Righteous.? It?s a wild ride, of course, w...
This is the 3rd installment of the IQ series. IQ is a young man in South Central LA who solves crimes as a private detective. He is the Sherlock Holmes of the hood. Fun, fresh series. ...
Check out my Interview for 2019 with Joe Ide Story opens with a prologue bringing the reader back to things past, from real world news, ones of past horrors and Abu Ghraib, men and women part of those terrible images of degradation. The first chapter shifts to IQ and his management ...
I liked the first two books in the IQ series, IQ and Righteous, but this one was a lot harder for me to like because of the repeated, detailed descriptions of torture. I?m also a mystery lover, and there really wasn?t much of any mystery in this book. It starts out as a missing-per...
IQ Returns For A Third Adventure Some private eyes are cool, calm, and collected like Humphrey Bogart. Others are like Mike Hammer with an outstretched arm and a .45 ready to explode in violence. Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) is yer a third type of private eye. He?s a young, unworldly...
Best in the series. But you have to read the first two outstanding entries before starting this. Characters from the earlier entries reappear, plot threads from the previous entries are neatly wrapped up. Justice prevails. I?ll try to write a more coherent review post-Christmas Ho...
6.5/10 The concept of a Holmes type sleuth in the ghetto exchanging solutions to mysteries for home baked goods was what drew me to this series, it felt like a unique setting and voice in a densely populated crime/thriller field. However, there was little to no sleuthing in this out...
Wrecked is pretty much nonstop action the moment all of the main characters are introduced. It packs a punch and had awesome plot progression. Basically, it?s a battle between a team of giant assholes?who literally raped and tortured and killed on a regular basis?and Isaiah an...
Joe Ide was kind enough to send me an ARC of this title. I own his previous two books, with the same protagonist (IQ). The first two books were fairly quick reads .... the first one, however, had a lot of 'hood slang talk, which I had trouble with at first. By the time this 3rd vol...
Isaiah Quintabe (IQ), a young private investigator, is smarter than everyone else. He serves his Long Beach community by solving his neighbor?s problems, and he is very good at it ? but not so good at getting paid, often as not accepting trade or goods in lieu of money. While he?...
Private Investigator Isaiah ?IQ? Quintabe is back for another adventure in Joe Ide?s (Righteous, 2017) exceptional third novel. IQ?s Long Beach-based PI firm has officially taken off. However, while Quintabe?s popularity soars, his bank account apparently never gets the m...
You can find my review on my blog by clicking here. What happens when you share a cup of tea with a person at more than one occasion? You gain knowledge, knowledge on who they are and how they are with you. Through repetition you notice the little things that make them special, whet...
5-Stars. Terrific fun throughout. Once again Joe Ide thrills and entertains! Time has passed, IQ and Dodson have had successes, one of which comes back to haunt them in the lesser of the two main plots of Wrecked The other is a solidly constructed "missing person" case, more comp...
Dear Mr. Ide, Thank you for another badass read with mystery, action, love, and loneliness. I adore Isaiah Quintabe (IQ). He can make me smile, laugh, sad, and think?and often times all at once! Wrecked, your third book in the IQ series, felt more like a Grace book to me though....
Joe Ide delights his many fans again with another exciting entry in his IQ series with Wrecked. Ide?s version of a modern-day Sherlock Holmes in L.A. manages to be creative, funny, touching and thought-provoking. In this third installment, Isaiah Quintabe (IQ) finally gets a chance t...
It nice to have a new fresh character out there like IQ who uses his brain instead of weapons. These books just keep getting better and better. ...
Ide?s best yet. And that?s saying a lot. ...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
The interesting start is wasted by fraying off into many directions and culminating to a tragic end. 3 of 10 stars ...
I still like IQ, the colorful characters and the sharp, fast dialogue, but this book is a hyper violent torture fest. The first book was so good, but I think the prospect of filming this series has hurt it. There is too much emphasis on action. I realize that a lot of people love that,...
It doesn?t usually take me this long to finish an IQ mystery. I tore through the two previous books in a day or so. ?Wrecked? was different. From the very beginning, this was obviously a very different book than ?IQ? or ?Righteous.? It?s a wild ride, of course, w...
This is the 3rd installment of the IQ series. IQ is a young man in South Central LA who solves crimes as a private detective. He is the Sherlock Holmes of the hood. Fun, fresh series. ...
Check out my Interview for 2019 with Joe Ide Story opens with a prologue bringing the reader back to things past, from real world news, ones of past horrors and Abu Ghraib, men and women part of those terrible images of degradation. The first chapter shifts to IQ and his management ...
I liked the first two books in the IQ series, IQ and Righteous, but this one was a lot harder for me to like because of the repeated, detailed descriptions of torture. I?m also a mystery lover, and there really wasn?t much of any mystery in this book. It starts out as a missing-per...
IQ Returns For A Third Adventure Some private eyes are cool, calm, and collected like Humphrey Bogart. Others are like Mike Hammer with an outstretched arm and a .45 ready to explode in violence. Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) is yer a third type of private eye. He?s a young, unworldly...
Best in the series. But you have to read the first two outstanding entries before starting this. Characters from the earlier entries reappear, plot threads from the previous entries are neatly wrapped up. Justice prevails. I?ll try to write a more coherent review post-Christmas Ho...
6.5/10 The concept of a Holmes type sleuth in the ghetto exchanging solutions to mysteries for home baked goods was what drew me to this series, it felt like a unique setting and voice in a densely populated crime/thriller field. However, there was little to no sleuthing in this out...
Wrecked is pretty much nonstop action the moment all of the main characters are introduced. It packs a punch and had awesome plot progression. Basically, it?s a battle between a team of giant assholes?who literally raped and tortured and killed on a regular basis?and Isaiah an...
Joe Ide was kind enough to send me an ARC of this title. I own his previous two books, with the same protagonist (IQ). The first two books were fairly quick reads .... the first one, however, had a lot of 'hood slang talk, which I had trouble with at first. By the time this 3rd vol...
Isaiah Quintabe (IQ), a young private investigator, is smarter than everyone else. He serves his Long Beach community by solving his neighbor?s problems, and he is very good at it ? but not so good at getting paid, often as not accepting trade or goods in lieu of money. While he?...
Private Investigator Isaiah ?IQ? Quintabe is back for another adventure in Joe Ide?s (Righteous, 2017) exceptional third novel. IQ?s Long Beach-based PI firm has officially taken off. However, while Quintabe?s popularity soars, his bank account apparently never gets the m...
You can find my review on my blog by clicking here. What happens when you share a cup of tea with a person at more than one occasion? You gain knowledge, knowledge on who they are and how they are with you. Through repetition you notice the little things that make them special, whet...
5-Stars. Terrific fun throughout. Once again Joe Ide thrills and entertains! Time has passed, IQ and Dodson have had successes, one of which comes back to haunt them in the lesser of the two main plots of Wrecked The other is a solidly constructed "missing person" case, more comp...
Dear Mr. Ide, Thank you for another badass read with mystery, action, love, and loneliness. I adore Isaiah Quintabe (IQ). He can make me smile, laugh, sad, and think?and often times all at once! Wrecked, your third book in the IQ series, felt more like a Grace book to me though....
Joe Ide delights his many fans again with another exciting entry in his IQ series with Wrecked. Ide?s version of a modern-day Sherlock Holmes in L.A. manages to be creative, funny, touching and thought-provoking. In this third installment, Isaiah Quintabe (IQ) finally gets a chance t...
It nice to have a new fresh character out there like IQ who uses his brain instead of weapons. These books just keep getting better and better. ...
Ide?s best yet. And that?s saying a lot. ...
Joe Ide once again tells an interesting crime story about people liviing in Southern California. IQ and his business partner seem to get into terrible trouble with little prospect of remuneration. Once again Sullivan Jones does a perfect reading in the audiobook. ...
Excellent. A little excessively coincidental at times, but that?s uncommon for books of this genre. ...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
The interesting start is wasted by fraying off into many directions and culminating to a tragic end. 3 of 10 stars ...
I still like IQ, the colorful characters and the sharp, fast dialogue, but this book is a hyper violent torture fest. The first book was so good, but I think the prospect of filming this series has hurt it. There is too much emphasis on action. I realize that a lot of people love that,...
It doesn?t usually take me this long to finish an IQ mystery. I tore through the two previous books in a day or so. ?Wrecked? was different. From the very beginning, this was obviously a very different book than ?IQ? or ?Righteous.? It?s a wild ride, of course, w...
This is the 3rd installment of the IQ series. IQ is a young man in South Central LA who solves crimes as a private detective. He is the Sherlock Holmes of the hood. Fun, fresh series. ...
Check out my Interview for 2019 with Joe Ide Story opens with a prologue bringing the reader back to things past, from real world news, ones of past horrors and Abu Ghraib, men and women part of those terrible images of degradation. The first chapter shifts to IQ and his management ...
I liked the first two books in the IQ series, IQ and Righteous, but this one was a lot harder for me to like because of the repeated, detailed descriptions of torture. I?m also a mystery lover, and there really wasn?t much of any mystery in this book. It starts out as a missing-per...
IQ Returns For A Third Adventure Some private eyes are cool, calm, and collected like Humphrey Bogart. Others are like Mike Hammer with an outstretched arm and a .45 ready to explode in violence. Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) is yer a third type of private eye. He?s a young, unworldly...
Best in the series. But you have to read the first two outstanding entries before starting this. Characters from the earlier entries reappear, plot threads from the previous entries are neatly wrapped up. Justice prevails. I?ll try to write a more coherent review post-Christmas Ho...
6.5/10 The concept of a Holmes type sleuth in the ghetto exchanging solutions to mysteries for home baked goods was what drew me to this series, it felt like a unique setting and voice in a densely populated crime/thriller field. However, there was little to no sleuthing in this out...
Wrecked is pretty much nonstop action the moment all of the main characters are introduced. It packs a punch and had awesome plot progression. Basically, it?s a battle between a team of giant assholes?who literally raped and tortured and killed on a regular basis?and Isaiah an...
Joe Ide was kind enough to send me an ARC of this title. I own his previous two books, with the same protagonist (IQ). The first two books were fairly quick reads .... the first one, however, had a lot of 'hood slang talk, which I had trouble with at first. By the time this 3rd vol...
Isaiah Quintabe (IQ), a young private investigator, is smarter than everyone else. He serves his Long Beach community by solving his neighbor?s problems, and he is very good at it ? but not so good at getting paid, often as not accepting trade or goods in lieu of money. While he?...
Private Investigator Isaiah ?IQ? Quintabe is back for another adventure in Joe Ide?s (Righteous, 2017) exceptional third novel. IQ?s Long Beach-based PI firm has officially taken off. However, while Quintabe?s popularity soars, his bank account apparently never gets the m...
You can find my review on my blog by clicking here. What happens when you share a cup of tea with a person at more than one occasion? You gain knowledge, knowledge on who they are and how they are with you. Through repetition you notice the little things that make them special, whet...
5-Stars. Terrific fun throughout. Once again Joe Ide thrills and entertains! Time has passed, IQ and Dodson have had successes, one of which comes back to haunt them in the lesser of the two main plots of Wrecked The other is a solidly constructed "missing person" case, more comp...
Dear Mr. Ide, Thank you for another badass read with mystery, action, love, and loneliness. I adore Isaiah Quintabe (IQ). He can make me smile, laugh, sad, and think?and often times all at once! Wrecked, your third book in the IQ series, felt more like a Grace book to me though....
Joe Ide delights his many fans again with another exciting entry in his IQ series with Wrecked. Ide?s version of a modern-day Sherlock Holmes in L.A. manages to be creative, funny, touching and thought-provoking. In this third installment, Isaiah Quintabe (IQ) finally gets a chance t...
It nice to have a new fresh character out there like IQ who uses his brain instead of weapons. These books just keep getting better and better. ...
Ide?s best yet. And that?s saying a lot. ...
Joe Ide once again tells an interesting crime story about people liviing in Southern California. IQ and his business partner seem to get into terrible trouble with little prospect of remuneration. Once again Sullivan Jones does a perfect reading in the audiobook. ...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
The interesting start is wasted by fraying off into many directions and culminating to a tragic end. 3 of 10 stars ...
I still like IQ, the colorful characters and the sharp, fast dialogue, but this book is a hyper violent torture fest. The first book was so good, but I think the prospect of filming this series has hurt it. There is too much emphasis on action. I realize that a lot of people love that,...
It doesn?t usually take me this long to finish an IQ mystery. I tore through the two previous books in a day or so. ?Wrecked? was different. From the very beginning, this was obviously a very different book than ?IQ? or ?Righteous.? It?s a wild ride, of course, w...
This is the 3rd installment of the IQ series. IQ is a young man in South Central LA who solves crimes as a private detective. He is the Sherlock Holmes of the hood. Fun, fresh series. ...
Check out my Interview for 2019 with Joe Ide Story opens with a prologue bringing the reader back to things past, from real world news, ones of past horrors and Abu Ghraib, men and women part of those terrible images of degradation. The first chapter shifts to IQ and his management ...
I liked the first two books in the IQ series, IQ and Righteous, but this one was a lot harder for me to like because of the repeated, detailed descriptions of torture. I?m also a mystery lover, and there really wasn?t much of any mystery in this book. It starts out as a missing-per...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
The interesting start is wasted by fraying off into many directions and culminating to a tragic end. 3 of 10 stars ...
I still like IQ, the colorful characters and the sharp, fast dialogue, but this book is a hyper violent torture fest. The first book was so good, but I think the prospect of filming this series has hurt it. There is too much emphasis on action. I realize that a lot of people love that,...
It doesn?t usually take me this long to finish an IQ mystery. I tore through the two previous books in a day or so. ?Wrecked? was different. From the very beginning, this was obviously a very different book than ?IQ? or ?Righteous.? It?s a wild ride, of course, w...
This is the 3rd installment of the IQ series. IQ is a young man in South Central LA who solves crimes as a private detective. He is the Sherlock Holmes of the hood. Fun, fresh series. ...
Check out my Interview for 2019 with Joe Ide Story opens with a prologue bringing the reader back to things past, from real world news, ones of past horrors and Abu Ghraib, men and women part of those terrible images of degradation. The first chapter shifts to IQ and his management ...
I liked the first two books in the IQ series, IQ and Righteous, but this one was a lot harder for me to like because of the repeated, detailed descriptions of torture. I?m also a mystery lover, and there really wasn?t much of any mystery in this book. It starts out as a missing-per...
IQ Returns For A Third Adventure Some private eyes are cool, calm, and collected like Humphrey Bogart. Others are like Mike Hammer with an outstretched arm and a .45 ready to explode in violence. Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) is yer a third type of private eye. He?s a young, unworldly...
Best in the series. But you have to read the first two outstanding entries before starting this. Characters from the earlier entries reappear, plot threads from the previous entries are neatly wrapped up. Justice prevails. I?ll try to write a more coherent review post-Christmas Ho...
6.5/10 The concept of a Holmes type sleuth in the ghetto exchanging solutions to mysteries for home baked goods was what drew me to this series, it felt like a unique setting and voice in a densely populated crime/thriller field. However, there was little to no sleuthing in this out...
Wrecked is pretty much nonstop action the moment all of the main characters are introduced. It packs a punch and had awesome plot progression. Basically, it?s a battle between a team of giant assholes?who literally raped and tortured and killed on a regular basis?and Isaiah an...
Joe Ide was kind enough to send me an ARC of this title. I own his previous two books, with the same protagonist (IQ). The first two books were fairly quick reads .... the first one, however, had a lot of 'hood slang talk, which I had trouble with at first. By the time this 3rd vol...
Isaiah Quintabe (IQ), a young private investigator, is smarter than everyone else. He serves his Long Beach community by solving his neighbor?s problems, and he is very good at it ? but not so good at getting paid, often as not accepting trade or goods in lieu of money. While he?...
Private Investigator Isaiah ?IQ? Quintabe is back for another adventure in Joe Ide?s (Righteous, 2017) exceptional third novel. IQ?s Long Beach-based PI firm has officially taken off. However, while Quintabe?s popularity soars, his bank account apparently never gets the m...
You can find my review on my blog by clicking here. What happens when you share a cup of tea with a person at more than one occasion? You gain knowledge, knowledge on who they are and how they are with you. Through repetition you notice the little things that make them special, whet...
5-Stars. Terrific fun throughout. Once again Joe Ide thrills and entertains! Time has passed, IQ and Dodson have had successes, one of which comes back to haunt them in the lesser of the two main plots of Wrecked The other is a solidly constructed "missing person" case, more comp...
Dear Mr. Ide, Thank you for another badass read with mystery, action, love, and loneliness. I adore Isaiah Quintabe (IQ). He can make me smile, laugh, sad, and think?and often times all at once! Wrecked, your third book in the IQ series, felt more like a Grace book to me though....
Joe Ide delights his many fans again with another exciting entry in his IQ series with Wrecked. Ide?s version of a modern-day Sherlock Holmes in L.A. manages to be creative, funny, touching and thought-provoking. In this third installment, Isaiah Quintabe (IQ) finally gets a chance t...
It nice to have a new fresh character out there like IQ who uses his brain instead of weapons. These books just keep getting better and better. ...
Ide?s best yet. And that?s saying a lot. ...
Joe Ide once again tells an interesting crime story about people liviing in Southern California. IQ and his business partner seem to get into terrible trouble with little prospect of remuneration. Once again Sullivan Jones does a perfect reading in the audiobook. ...
Excellent. A little excessively coincidental at times, but that?s uncommon for books of this genre. ...
Could not put it down! Excellent writing with loads of action and a sprinkling of humor make book 3 in the IQ series a must read!!! ...
The third I.Q. novel is more of the same. I love Joe Ide. He's such a skillful writer. His description, his similes and his dialogue. I was so looking forward to this, and I saw the reviews from advanced copies, saying it was a bigger, more expansive book, and I thought, wow. this m...
This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader. --- At the end of Righteous, Isaiah meets a girl -- I don't remember much about it, but there's something about here that clearly makes an impression on IQ -- and his dog. It was enough to give us a little hope for our intrepid h...
Wrecked by Joe Ide is an action-packed mystery starring street smart and highly observant sleuth Isaiah "IQ" Quintabe and his somewhat trusty sidekick/partner Juanell Dodson. This third installment in the IQ series can be read as a standalone but I highly recommend the previous two nov...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
The interesting start is wasted by fraying off into many directions and culminating to a tragic end. 3 of 10 stars ...
I still like IQ, the colorful characters and the sharp, fast dialogue, but this book is a hyper violent torture fest. The first book was so good, but I think the prospect of filming this series has hurt it. There is too much emphasis on action. I realize that a lot of people love that,...
It doesn?t usually take me this long to finish an IQ mystery. I tore through the two previous books in a day or so. ?Wrecked? was different. From the very beginning, this was obviously a very different book than ?IQ? or ?Righteous.? It?s a wild ride, of course, w...
This is the 3rd installment of the IQ series. IQ is a young man in South Central LA who solves crimes as a private detective. He is the Sherlock Holmes of the hood. Fun, fresh series. ...
Check out my Interview for 2019 with Joe Ide Story opens with a prologue bringing the reader back to things past, from real world news, ones of past horrors and Abu Ghraib, men and women part of those terrible images of degradation. The first chapter shifts to IQ and his management ...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
The interesting start is wasted by fraying off into many directions and culminating to a tragic end. 3 of 10 stars ...
I still like IQ, the colorful characters and the sharp, fast dialogue, but this book is a hyper violent torture fest. The first book was so good, but I think the prospect of filming this series has hurt it. There is too much emphasis on action. I realize that a lot of people love that,...
It doesn?t usually take me this long to finish an IQ mystery. I tore through the two previous books in a day or so. ?Wrecked? was different. From the very beginning, this was obviously a very different book than ?IQ? or ?Righteous.? It?s a wild ride, of course, w...
This is the 3rd installment of the IQ series. IQ is a young man in South Central LA who solves crimes as a private detective. He is the Sherlock Holmes of the hood. Fun, fresh series. ...
Check out my Interview for 2019 with Joe Ide Story opens with a prologue bringing the reader back to things past, from real world news, ones of past horrors and Abu Ghraib, men and women part of those terrible images of degradation. The first chapter shifts to IQ and his management ...
I liked the first two books in the IQ series, IQ and Righteous, but this one was a lot harder for me to like because of the repeated, detailed descriptions of torture. I?m also a mystery lover, and there really wasn?t much of any mystery in this book. It starts out as a missing-per...
IQ Returns For A Third Adventure Some private eyes are cool, calm, and collected like Humphrey Bogart. Others are like Mike Hammer with an outstretched arm and a .45 ready to explode in violence. Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) is yer a third type of private eye. He?s a young, unworldly...
Best in the series. But you have to read the first two outstanding entries before starting this. Characters from the earlier entries reappear, plot threads from the previous entries are neatly wrapped up. Justice prevails. I?ll try to write a more coherent review post-Christmas Ho...
6.5/10 The concept of a Holmes type sleuth in the ghetto exchanging solutions to mysteries for home baked goods was what drew me to this series, it felt like a unique setting and voice in a densely populated crime/thriller field. However, there was little to no sleuthing in this out...
Wrecked is pretty much nonstop action the moment all of the main characters are introduced. It packs a punch and had awesome plot progression. Basically, it?s a battle between a team of giant assholes?who literally raped and tortured and killed on a regular basis?and Isaiah an...
Joe Ide was kind enough to send me an ARC of this title. I own his previous two books, with the same protagonist (IQ). The first two books were fairly quick reads .... the first one, however, had a lot of 'hood slang talk, which I had trouble with at first. By the time this 3rd vol...
Isaiah Quintabe (IQ), a young private investigator, is smarter than everyone else. He serves his Long Beach community by solving his neighbor?s problems, and he is very good at it ? but not so good at getting paid, often as not accepting trade or goods in lieu of money. While he?...
Private Investigator Isaiah ?IQ? Quintabe is back for another adventure in Joe Ide?s (Righteous, 2017) exceptional third novel. IQ?s Long Beach-based PI firm has officially taken off. However, while Quintabe?s popularity soars, his bank account apparently never gets the m...
You can find my review on my blog by clicking here. What happens when you share a cup of tea with a person at more than one occasion? You gain knowledge, knowledge on who they are and how they are with you. Through repetition you notice the little things that make them special, whet...
5-Stars. Terrific fun throughout. Once again Joe Ide thrills and entertains! Time has passed, IQ and Dodson have had successes, one of which comes back to haunt them in the lesser of the two main plots of Wrecked The other is a solidly constructed "missing person" case, more comp...
Dear Mr. Ide, Thank you for another badass read with mystery, action, love, and loneliness. I adore Isaiah Quintabe (IQ). He can make me smile, laugh, sad, and think?and often times all at once! Wrecked, your third book in the IQ series, felt more like a Grace book to me though....
Joe Ide delights his many fans again with another exciting entry in his IQ series with Wrecked. Ide?s version of a modern-day Sherlock Holmes in L.A. manages to be creative, funny, touching and thought-provoking. In this third installment, Isaiah Quintabe (IQ) finally gets a chance t...
It nice to have a new fresh character out there like IQ who uses his brain instead of weapons. These books just keep getting better and better. ...
Ide?s best yet. And that?s saying a lot. ...
Joe Ide once again tells an interesting crime story about people liviing in Southern California. IQ and his business partner seem to get into terrible trouble with little prospect of remuneration. Once again Sullivan Jones does a perfect reading in the audiobook. ...
Excellent. A little excessively coincidental at times, but that?s uncommon for books of this genre. ...
Could not put it down! Excellent writing with loads of action and a sprinkling of humor make book 3 in the IQ series a must read!!! ...
The third I.Q. novel is more of the same. I love Joe Ide. He's such a skillful writer. His description, his similes and his dialogue. I was so looking forward to this, and I saw the reviews from advanced copies, saying it was a bigger, more expansive book, and I thought, wow. this m...
This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader. --- At the end of Righteous, Isaiah meets a girl -- I don't remember much about it, but there's something about here that clearly makes an impression on IQ -- and his dog. It was enough to give us a little hope for our intrepid h...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
The interesting start is wasted by fraying off into many directions and culminating to a tragic end. 3 of 10 stars ...
I still like IQ, the colorful characters and the sharp, fast dialogue, but this book is a hyper violent torture fest. The first book was so good, but I think the prospect of filming this series has hurt it. There is too much emphasis on action. I realize that a lot of people love that,...
It doesn?t usually take me this long to finish an IQ mystery. I tore through the two previous books in a day or so. ?Wrecked? was different. From the very beginning, this was obviously a very different book than ?IQ? or ?Righteous.? It?s a wild ride, of course, w...
This is the 3rd installment of the IQ series. IQ is a young man in South Central LA who solves crimes as a private detective. He is the Sherlock Holmes of the hood. Fun, fresh series. ...
Check out my Interview for 2019 with Joe Ide Story opens with a prologue bringing the reader back to things past, from real world news, ones of past horrors and Abu Ghraib, men and women part of those terrible images of degradation. The first chapter shifts to IQ and his management ...
I liked the first two books in the IQ series, IQ and Righteous, but this one was a lot harder for me to like because of the repeated, detailed descriptions of torture. I?m also a mystery lover, and there really wasn?t much of any mystery in this book. It starts out as a missing-per...
IQ Returns For A Third Adventure Some private eyes are cool, calm, and collected like Humphrey Bogart. Others are like Mike Hammer with an outstretched arm and a .45 ready to explode in violence. Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) is yer a third type of private eye. He?s a young, unworldly...
Best in the series. But you have to read the first two outstanding entries before starting this. Characters from the earlier entries reappear, plot threads from the previous entries are neatly wrapped up. Justice prevails. I?ll try to write a more coherent review post-Christmas Ho...
6.5/10 The concept of a Holmes type sleuth in the ghetto exchanging solutions to mysteries for home baked goods was what drew me to this series, it felt like a unique setting and voice in a densely populated crime/thriller field. However, there was little to no sleuthing in this out...
Wrecked is pretty much nonstop action the moment all of the main characters are introduced. It packs a punch and had awesome plot progression. Basically, it?s a battle between a team of giant assholes?who literally raped and tortured and killed on a regular basis?and Isaiah an...
Joe Ide was kind enough to send me an ARC of this title. I own his previous two books, with the same protagonist (IQ). The first two books were fairly quick reads .... the first one, however, had a lot of 'hood slang talk, which I had trouble with at first. By the time this 3rd vol...
Isaiah Quintabe (IQ), a young private investigator, is smarter than everyone else. He serves his Long Beach community by solving his neighbor?s problems, and he is very good at it ? but not so good at getting paid, often as not accepting trade or goods in lieu of money. While he?...
Private Investigator Isaiah ?IQ? Quintabe is back for another adventure in Joe Ide?s (Righteous, 2017) exceptional third novel. IQ?s Long Beach-based PI firm has officially taken off. However, while Quintabe?s popularity soars, his bank account apparently never gets the m...
You can find my review on my blog by clicking here. What happens when you share a cup of tea with a person at more than one occasion? You gain knowledge, knowledge on who they are and how they are with you. Through repetition you notice the little things that make them special, whet...
5-Stars. Terrific fun throughout. Once again Joe Ide thrills and entertains! Time has passed, IQ and Dodson have had successes, one of which comes back to haunt them in the lesser of the two main plots of Wrecked The other is a solidly constructed "missing person" case, more comp...
Dear Mr. Ide, Thank you for another badass read with mystery, action, love, and loneliness. I adore Isaiah Quintabe (IQ). He can make me smile, laugh, sad, and think?and often times all at once! Wrecked, your third book in the IQ series, felt more like a Grace book to me though....
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
The interesting start is wasted by fraying off into many directions and culminating to a tragic end. 3 of 10 stars ...
I still like IQ, the colorful characters and the sharp, fast dialogue, but this book is a hyper violent torture fest. The first book was so good, but I think the prospect of filming this series has hurt it. There is too much emphasis on action. I realize that a lot of people love that,...
It doesn?t usually take me this long to finish an IQ mystery. I tore through the two previous books in a day or so. ?Wrecked? was different. From the very beginning, this was obviously a very different book than ?IQ? or ?Righteous.? It?s a wild ride, of course, w...
This is the 3rd installment of the IQ series. IQ is a young man in South Central LA who solves crimes as a private detective. He is the Sherlock Holmes of the hood. Fun, fresh series. ...
Check out my Interview for 2019 with Joe Ide Story opens with a prologue bringing the reader back to things past, from real world news, ones of past horrors and Abu Ghraib, men and women part of those terrible images of degradation. The first chapter shifts to IQ and his management ...
I liked the first two books in the IQ series, IQ and Righteous, but this one was a lot harder for me to like because of the repeated, detailed descriptions of torture. I?m also a mystery lover, and there really wasn?t much of any mystery in this book. It starts out as a missing-per...
IQ Returns For A Third Adventure Some private eyes are cool, calm, and collected like Humphrey Bogart. Others are like Mike Hammer with an outstretched arm and a .45 ready to explode in violence. Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) is yer a third type of private eye. He?s a young, unworldly...
Best in the series. But you have to read the first two outstanding entries before starting this. Characters from the earlier entries reappear, plot threads from the previous entries are neatly wrapped up. Justice prevails. I?ll try to write a more coherent review post-Christmas Ho...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
The interesting start is wasted by fraying off into many directions and culminating to a tragic end. 3 of 10 stars ...
I still like IQ, the colorful characters and the sharp, fast dialogue, but this book is a hyper violent torture fest. The first book was so good, but I think the prospect of filming this series has hurt it. There is too much emphasis on action. I realize that a lot of people love that,...
It doesn?t usually take me this long to finish an IQ mystery. I tore through the two previous books in a day or so. ?Wrecked? was different. From the very beginning, this was obviously a very different book than ?IQ? or ?Righteous.? It?s a wild ride, of course, w...
This is the 3rd installment of the IQ series. IQ is a young man in South Central LA who solves crimes as a private detective. He is the Sherlock Holmes of the hood. Fun, fresh series. ...
Check out my Interview for 2019 with Joe Ide Story opens with a prologue bringing the reader back to things past, from real world news, ones of past horrors and Abu Ghraib, men and women part of those terrible images of degradation. The first chapter shifts to IQ and his management ...
I liked the first two books in the IQ series, IQ and Righteous, but this one was a lot harder for me to like because of the repeated, detailed descriptions of torture. I?m also a mystery lover, and there really wasn?t much of any mystery in this book. It starts out as a missing-per...
IQ Returns For A Third Adventure Some private eyes are cool, calm, and collected like Humphrey Bogart. Others are like Mike Hammer with an outstretched arm and a .45 ready to explode in violence. Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) is yer a third type of private eye. He?s a young, unworldly...
Best in the series. But you have to read the first two outstanding entries before starting this. Characters from the earlier entries reappear, plot threads from the previous entries are neatly wrapped up. Justice prevails. I?ll try to write a more coherent review post-Christmas Ho...
6.5/10 The concept of a Holmes type sleuth in the ghetto exchanging solutions to mysteries for home baked goods was what drew me to this series, it felt like a unique setting and voice in a densely populated crime/thriller field. However, there was little to no sleuthing in this out...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
The interesting start is wasted by fraying off into many directions and culminating to a tragic end. 3 of 10 stars ...
I still like IQ, the colorful characters and the sharp, fast dialogue, but this book is a hyper violent torture fest. The first book was so good, but I think the prospect of filming this series has hurt it. There is too much emphasis on action. I realize that a lot of people love that,...
It doesn?t usually take me this long to finish an IQ mystery. I tore through the two previous books in a day or so. ?Wrecked? was different. From the very beginning, this was obviously a very different book than ?IQ? or ?Righteous.? It?s a wild ride, of course, w...
This is the 3rd installment of the IQ series. IQ is a young man in South Central LA who solves crimes as a private detective. He is the Sherlock Holmes of the hood. Fun, fresh series. ...
Check out my Interview for 2019 with Joe Ide Story opens with a prologue bringing the reader back to things past, from real world news, ones of past horrors and Abu Ghraib, men and women part of those terrible images of degradation. The first chapter shifts to IQ and his management ...
I liked the first two books in the IQ series, IQ and Righteous, but this one was a lot harder for me to like because of the repeated, detailed descriptions of torture. I?m also a mystery lover, and there really wasn?t much of any mystery in this book. It starts out as a missing-per...
IQ Returns For A Third Adventure Some private eyes are cool, calm, and collected like Humphrey Bogart. Others are like Mike Hammer with an outstretched arm and a .45 ready to explode in violence. Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) is yer a third type of private eye. He?s a young, unworldly...
Best in the series. But you have to read the first two outstanding entries before starting this. Characters from the earlier entries reappear, plot threads from the previous entries are neatly wrapped up. Justice prevails. I?ll try to write a more coherent review post-Christmas Ho...
6.5/10 The concept of a Holmes type sleuth in the ghetto exchanging solutions to mysteries for home baked goods was what drew me to this series, it felt like a unique setting and voice in a densely populated crime/thriller field. However, there was little to no sleuthing in this out...
Wrecked is pretty much nonstop action the moment all of the main characters are introduced. It packs a punch and had awesome plot progression. Basically, it?s a battle between a team of giant assholes?who literally raped and tortured and killed on a regular basis?and Isaiah an...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
The interesting start is wasted by fraying off into many directions and culminating to a tragic end. 3 of 10 stars ...
I still like IQ, the colorful characters and the sharp, fast dialogue, but this book is a hyper violent torture fest. The first book was so good, but I think the prospect of filming this series has hurt it. There is too much emphasis on action. I realize that a lot of people love that,...
It doesn?t usually take me this long to finish an IQ mystery. I tore through the two previous books in a day or so. ?Wrecked? was different. From the very beginning, this was obviously a very different book than ?IQ? or ?Righteous.? It?s a wild ride, of course, w...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
The interesting start is wasted by fraying off into many directions and culminating to a tragic end. 3 of 10 stars ...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
The interesting start is wasted by fraying off into many directions and culminating to a tragic end. 3 of 10 stars ...
I still like IQ, the colorful characters and the sharp, fast dialogue, but this book is a hyper violent torture fest. The first book was so good, but I think the prospect of filming this series has hurt it. There is too much emphasis on action. I realize that a lot of people love that,...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
The interesting start is wasted by fraying off into many directions and culminating to a tragic end. 3 of 10 stars ...
I still like IQ, the colorful characters and the sharp, fast dialogue, but this book is a hyper violent torture fest. The first book was so good, but I think the prospect of filming this series has hurt it. There is too much emphasis on action. I realize that a lot of people love that,...
It doesn?t usually take me this long to finish an IQ mystery. I tore through the two previous books in a day or so. ?Wrecked? was different. From the very beginning, this was obviously a very different book than ?IQ? or ?Righteous.? It?s a wild ride, of course, w...
This is the 3rd installment of the IQ series. IQ is a young man in South Central LA who solves crimes as a private detective. He is the Sherlock Holmes of the hood. Fun, fresh series. ...
Check out my Interview for 2019 with Joe Ide Story opens with a prologue bringing the reader back to things past, from real world news, ones of past horrors and Abu Ghraib, men and women part of those terrible images of degradation. The first chapter shifts to IQ and his management ...
I liked the first two books in the IQ series, IQ and Righteous, but this one was a lot harder for me to like because of the repeated, detailed descriptions of torture. I?m also a mystery lover, and there really wasn?t much of any mystery in this book. It starts out as a missing-per...
IQ Returns For A Third Adventure Some private eyes are cool, calm, and collected like Humphrey Bogart. Others are like Mike Hammer with an outstretched arm and a .45 ready to explode in violence. Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) is yer a third type of private eye. He?s a young, unworldly...
Best in the series. But you have to read the first two outstanding entries before starting this. Characters from the earlier entries reappear, plot threads from the previous entries are neatly wrapped up. Justice prevails. I?ll try to write a more coherent review post-Christmas Ho...
6.5/10 The concept of a Holmes type sleuth in the ghetto exchanging solutions to mysteries for home baked goods was what drew me to this series, it felt like a unique setting and voice in a densely populated crime/thriller field. However, there was little to no sleuthing in this out...
Wrecked is pretty much nonstop action the moment all of the main characters are introduced. It packs a punch and had awesome plot progression. Basically, it?s a battle between a team of giant assholes?who literally raped and tortured and killed on a regular basis?and Isaiah an...
Joe Ide was kind enough to send me an ARC of this title. I own his previous two books, with the same protagonist (IQ). The first two books were fairly quick reads .... the first one, however, had a lot of 'hood slang talk, which I had trouble with at first. By the time this 3rd vol...
Isaiah Quintabe (IQ), a young private investigator, is smarter than everyone else. He serves his Long Beach community by solving his neighbor?s problems, and he is very good at it ? but not so good at getting paid, often as not accepting trade or goods in lieu of money. While he?...
Private Investigator Isaiah ?IQ? Quintabe is back for another adventure in Joe Ide?s (Righteous, 2017) exceptional third novel. IQ?s Long Beach-based PI firm has officially taken off. However, while Quintabe?s popularity soars, his bank account apparently never gets the m...
You can find my review on my blog by clicking here. What happens when you share a cup of tea with a person at more than one occasion? You gain knowledge, knowledge on who they are and how they are with you. Through repetition you notice the little things that make them special, whet...
5-Stars. Terrific fun throughout. Once again Joe Ide thrills and entertains! Time has passed, IQ and Dodson have had successes, one of which comes back to haunt them in the lesser of the two main plots of Wrecked The other is a solidly constructed "missing person" case, more comp...
Dear Mr. Ide, Thank you for another badass read with mystery, action, love, and loneliness. I adore Isaiah Quintabe (IQ). He can make me smile, laugh, sad, and think?and often times all at once! Wrecked, your third book in the IQ series, felt more like a Grace book to me though....
Joe Ide delights his many fans again with another exciting entry in his IQ series with Wrecked. Ide?s version of a modern-day Sherlock Holmes in L.A. manages to be creative, funny, touching and thought-provoking. In this third installment, Isaiah Quintabe (IQ) finally gets a chance t...
It nice to have a new fresh character out there like IQ who uses his brain instead of weapons. These books just keep getting better and better. ...
Ide?s best yet. And that?s saying a lot. ...
Joe Ide once again tells an interesting crime story about people liviing in Southern California. IQ and his business partner seem to get into terrible trouble with little prospect of remuneration. Once again Sullivan Jones does a perfect reading in the audiobook. ...
Excellent. A little excessively coincidental at times, but that?s uncommon for books of this genre. ...
Could not put it down! Excellent writing with loads of action and a sprinkling of humor make book 3 in the IQ series a must read!!! ...
The third I.Q. novel is more of the same. I love Joe Ide. He's such a skillful writer. His description, his similes and his dialogue. I was so looking forward to this, and I saw the reviews from advanced copies, saying it was a bigger, more expansive book, and I thought, wow. this m...
This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader. --- At the end of Righteous, Isaiah meets a girl -- I don't remember much about it, but there's something about here that clearly makes an impression on IQ -- and his dog. It was enough to give us a little hope for our intrepid h...
Wrecked by Joe Ide is an action-packed mystery starring street smart and highly observant sleuth Isaiah "IQ" Quintabe and his somewhat trusty sidekick/partner Juanell Dodson. This third installment in the IQ series can be read as a standalone but I highly recommend the previous two nov...
I review a lot of mysteries and thrillers. Many are mediocre and only a few stand out, especially from first-time writers. Joe Ide has written excellent mysteries, IQ and Righteous. Both are captivating. Wrecked is the third of the IQ series. Isaiah Quintabe, IQ for short is a Long Bea...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
The interesting start is wasted by fraying off into many directions and culminating to a tragic end. 3 of 10 stars ...
I still like IQ, the colorful characters and the sharp, fast dialogue, but this book is a hyper violent torture fest. The first book was so good, but I think the prospect of filming this series has hurt it. There is too much emphasis on action. I realize that a lot of people love that,...
It doesn?t usually take me this long to finish an IQ mystery. I tore through the two previous books in a day or so. ?Wrecked? was different. From the very beginning, this was obviously a very different book than ?IQ? or ?Righteous.? It?s a wild ride, of course, w...
This is the 3rd installment of the IQ series. IQ is a young man in South Central LA who solves crimes as a private detective. He is the Sherlock Holmes of the hood. Fun, fresh series. ...
Check out my Interview for 2019 with Joe Ide Story opens with a prologue bringing the reader back to things past, from real world news, ones of past horrors and Abu Ghraib, men and women part of those terrible images of degradation. The first chapter shifts to IQ and his management ...
I liked the first two books in the IQ series, IQ and Righteous, but this one was a lot harder for me to like because of the repeated, detailed descriptions of torture. I?m also a mystery lover, and there really wasn?t much of any mystery in this book. It starts out as a missing-per...
IQ Returns For A Third Adventure Some private eyes are cool, calm, and collected like Humphrey Bogart. Others are like Mike Hammer with an outstretched arm and a .45 ready to explode in violence. Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) is yer a third type of private eye. He?s a young, unworldly...
Best in the series. But you have to read the first two outstanding entries before starting this. Characters from the earlier entries reappear, plot threads from the previous entries are neatly wrapped up. Justice prevails. I?ll try to write a more coherent review post-Christmas Ho...
6.5/10 The concept of a Holmes type sleuth in the ghetto exchanging solutions to mysteries for home baked goods was what drew me to this series, it felt like a unique setting and voice in a densely populated crime/thriller field. However, there was little to no sleuthing in this out...
Wrecked is pretty much nonstop action the moment all of the main characters are introduced. It packs a punch and had awesome plot progression. Basically, it?s a battle between a team of giant assholes?who literally raped and tortured and killed on a regular basis?and Isaiah an...
Joe Ide was kind enough to send me an ARC of this title. I own his previous two books, with the same protagonist (IQ). The first two books were fairly quick reads .... the first one, however, had a lot of 'hood slang talk, which I had trouble with at first. By the time this 3rd vol...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
The interesting start is wasted by fraying off into many directions and culminating to a tragic end. 3 of 10 stars ...
I still like IQ, the colorful characters and the sharp, fast dialogue, but this book is a hyper violent torture fest. The first book was so good, but I think the prospect of filming this series has hurt it. There is too much emphasis on action. I realize that a lot of people love that,...
It doesn?t usually take me this long to finish an IQ mystery. I tore through the two previous books in a day or so. ?Wrecked? was different. From the very beginning, this was obviously a very different book than ?IQ? or ?Righteous.? It?s a wild ride, of course, w...
This is the 3rd installment of the IQ series. IQ is a young man in South Central LA who solves crimes as a private detective. He is the Sherlock Holmes of the hood. Fun, fresh series. ...
Check out my Interview for 2019 with Joe Ide Story opens with a prologue bringing the reader back to things past, from real world news, ones of past horrors and Abu Ghraib, men and women part of those terrible images of degradation. The first chapter shifts to IQ and his management ...
I liked the first two books in the IQ series, IQ and Righteous, but this one was a lot harder for me to like because of the repeated, detailed descriptions of torture. I?m also a mystery lover, and there really wasn?t much of any mystery in this book. It starts out as a missing-per...
IQ Returns For A Third Adventure Some private eyes are cool, calm, and collected like Humphrey Bogart. Others are like Mike Hammer with an outstretched arm and a .45 ready to explode in violence. Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) is yer a third type of private eye. He?s a young, unworldly...
Best in the series. But you have to read the first two outstanding entries before starting this. Characters from the earlier entries reappear, plot threads from the previous entries are neatly wrapped up. Justice prevails. I?ll try to write a more coherent review post-Christmas Ho...
6.5/10 The concept of a Holmes type sleuth in the ghetto exchanging solutions to mysteries for home baked goods was what drew me to this series, it felt like a unique setting and voice in a densely populated crime/thriller field. However, there was little to no sleuthing in this out...
Wrecked is pretty much nonstop action the moment all of the main characters are introduced. It packs a punch and had awesome plot progression. Basically, it?s a battle between a team of giant assholes?who literally raped and tortured and killed on a regular basis?and Isaiah an...
Joe Ide was kind enough to send me an ARC of this title. I own his previous two books, with the same protagonist (IQ). The first two books were fairly quick reads .... the first one, however, had a lot of 'hood slang talk, which I had trouble with at first. By the time this 3rd vol...
Isaiah Quintabe (IQ), a young private investigator, is smarter than everyone else. He serves his Long Beach community by solving his neighbor?s problems, and he is very good at it ? but not so good at getting paid, often as not accepting trade or goods in lieu of money. While he?...
Private Investigator Isaiah ?IQ? Quintabe is back for another adventure in Joe Ide?s (Righteous, 2017) exceptional third novel. IQ?s Long Beach-based PI firm has officially taken off. However, while Quintabe?s popularity soars, his bank account apparently never gets the m...
You can find my review on my blog by clicking here. What happens when you share a cup of tea with a person at more than one occasion? You gain knowledge, knowledge on who they are and how they are with you. Through repetition you notice the little things that make them special, whet...
5-Stars. Terrific fun throughout. Once again Joe Ide thrills and entertains! Time has passed, IQ and Dodson have had successes, one of which comes back to haunt them in the lesser of the two main plots of Wrecked The other is a solidly constructed "missing person" case, more comp...
Dear Mr. Ide, Thank you for another badass read with mystery, action, love, and loneliness. I adore Isaiah Quintabe (IQ). He can make me smile, laugh, sad, and think?and often times all at once! Wrecked, your third book in the IQ series, felt more like a Grace book to me though....
Joe Ide delights his many fans again with another exciting entry in his IQ series with Wrecked. Ide?s version of a modern-day Sherlock Holmes in L.A. manages to be creative, funny, touching and thought-provoking. In this third installment, Isaiah Quintabe (IQ) finally gets a chance t...
It nice to have a new fresh character out there like IQ who uses his brain instead of weapons. These books just keep getting better and better. ...
Ide?s best yet. And that?s saying a lot. ...
Joe Ide once again tells an interesting crime story about people liviing in Southern California. IQ and his business partner seem to get into terrible trouble with little prospect of remuneration. Once again Sullivan Jones does a perfect reading in the audiobook. ...
Excellent. A little excessively coincidental at times, but that?s uncommon for books of this genre. ...
Could not put it down! Excellent writing with loads of action and a sprinkling of humor make book 3 in the IQ series a must read!!! ...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
The interesting start is wasted by fraying off into many directions and culminating to a tragic end. 3 of 10 stars ...
I still like IQ, the colorful characters and the sharp, fast dialogue, but this book is a hyper violent torture fest. The first book was so good, but I think the prospect of filming this series has hurt it. There is too much emphasis on action. I realize that a lot of people love that,...
It doesn?t usually take me this long to finish an IQ mystery. I tore through the two previous books in a day or so. ?Wrecked? was different. From the very beginning, this was obviously a very different book than ?IQ? or ?Righteous.? It?s a wild ride, of course, w...
This is the 3rd installment of the IQ series. IQ is a young man in South Central LA who solves crimes as a private detective. He is the Sherlock Holmes of the hood. Fun, fresh series. ...
Check out my Interview for 2019 with Joe Ide Story opens with a prologue bringing the reader back to things past, from real world news, ones of past horrors and Abu Ghraib, men and women part of those terrible images of degradation. The first chapter shifts to IQ and his management ...
I liked the first two books in the IQ series, IQ and Righteous, but this one was a lot harder for me to like because of the repeated, detailed descriptions of torture. I?m also a mystery lover, and there really wasn?t much of any mystery in this book. It starts out as a missing-per...
IQ Returns For A Third Adventure Some private eyes are cool, calm, and collected like Humphrey Bogart. Others are like Mike Hammer with an outstretched arm and a .45 ready to explode in violence. Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) is yer a third type of private eye. He?s a young, unworldly...
Best in the series. But you have to read the first two outstanding entries before starting this. Characters from the earlier entries reappear, plot threads from the previous entries are neatly wrapped up. Justice prevails. I?ll try to write a more coherent review post-Christmas Ho...
6.5/10 The concept of a Holmes type sleuth in the ghetto exchanging solutions to mysteries for home baked goods was what drew me to this series, it felt like a unique setting and voice in a densely populated crime/thriller field. However, there was little to no sleuthing in this out...
Wrecked is pretty much nonstop action the moment all of the main characters are introduced. It packs a punch and had awesome plot progression. Basically, it?s a battle between a team of giant assholes?who literally raped and tortured and killed on a regular basis?and Isaiah an...
Joe Ide was kind enough to send me an ARC of this title. I own his previous two books, with the same protagonist (IQ). The first two books were fairly quick reads .... the first one, however, had a lot of 'hood slang talk, which I had trouble with at first. By the time this 3rd vol...
Isaiah Quintabe (IQ), a young private investigator, is smarter than everyone else. He serves his Long Beach community by solving his neighbor?s problems, and he is very good at it ? but not so good at getting paid, often as not accepting trade or goods in lieu of money. While he?...
Private Investigator Isaiah ?IQ? Quintabe is back for another adventure in Joe Ide?s (Righteous, 2017) exceptional third novel. IQ?s Long Beach-based PI firm has officially taken off. However, while Quintabe?s popularity soars, his bank account apparently never gets the m...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
The interesting start is wasted by fraying off into many directions and culminating to a tragic end. 3 of 10 stars ...
I still like IQ, the colorful characters and the sharp, fast dialogue, but this book is a hyper violent torture fest. The first book was so good, but I think the prospect of filming this series has hurt it. There is too much emphasis on action. I realize that a lot of people love that,...
It doesn?t usually take me this long to finish an IQ mystery. I tore through the two previous books in a day or so. ?Wrecked? was different. From the very beginning, this was obviously a very different book than ?IQ? or ?Righteous.? It?s a wild ride, of course, w...
This is the 3rd installment of the IQ series. IQ is a young man in South Central LA who solves crimes as a private detective. He is the Sherlock Holmes of the hood. Fun, fresh series. ...
Check out my Interview for 2019 with Joe Ide Story opens with a prologue bringing the reader back to things past, from real world news, ones of past horrors and Abu Ghraib, men and women part of those terrible images of degradation. The first chapter shifts to IQ and his management ...
I liked the first two books in the IQ series, IQ and Righteous, but this one was a lot harder for me to like because of the repeated, detailed descriptions of torture. I?m also a mystery lover, and there really wasn?t much of any mystery in this book. It starts out as a missing-per...
IQ Returns For A Third Adventure Some private eyes are cool, calm, and collected like Humphrey Bogart. Others are like Mike Hammer with an outstretched arm and a .45 ready to explode in violence. Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) is yer a third type of private eye. He?s a young, unworldly...
Best in the series. But you have to read the first two outstanding entries before starting this. Characters from the earlier entries reappear, plot threads from the previous entries are neatly wrapped up. Justice prevails. I?ll try to write a more coherent review post-Christmas Ho...
6.5/10 The concept of a Holmes type sleuth in the ghetto exchanging solutions to mysteries for home baked goods was what drew me to this series, it felt like a unique setting and voice in a densely populated crime/thriller field. However, there was little to no sleuthing in this out...
Wrecked is pretty much nonstop action the moment all of the main characters are introduced. It packs a punch and had awesome plot progression. Basically, it?s a battle between a team of giant assholes?who literally raped and tortured and killed on a regular basis?and Isaiah an...
Joe Ide was kind enough to send me an ARC of this title. I own his previous two books, with the same protagonist (IQ). The first two books were fairly quick reads .... the first one, however, had a lot of 'hood slang talk, which I had trouble with at first. By the time this 3rd vol...
Isaiah Quintabe (IQ), a young private investigator, is smarter than everyone else. He serves his Long Beach community by solving his neighbor?s problems, and he is very good at it ? but not so good at getting paid, often as not accepting trade or goods in lieu of money. While he?...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
The interesting start is wasted by fraying off into many directions and culminating to a tragic end. 3 of 10 stars ...
I still like IQ, the colorful characters and the sharp, fast dialogue, but this book is a hyper violent torture fest. The first book was so good, but I think the prospect of filming this series has hurt it. There is too much emphasis on action. I realize that a lot of people love that,...
It doesn?t usually take me this long to finish an IQ mystery. I tore through the two previous books in a day or so. ?Wrecked? was different. From the very beginning, this was obviously a very different book than ?IQ? or ?Righteous.? It?s a wild ride, of course, w...
This is the 3rd installment of the IQ series. IQ is a young man in South Central LA who solves crimes as a private detective. He is the Sherlock Holmes of the hood. Fun, fresh series. ...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
The interesting start is wasted by fraying off into many directions and culminating to a tragic end. 3 of 10 stars ...
I still like IQ, the colorful characters and the sharp, fast dialogue, but this book is a hyper violent torture fest. The first book was so good, but I think the prospect of filming this series has hurt it. There is too much emphasis on action. I realize that a lot of people love that,...
It doesn?t usually take me this long to finish an IQ mystery. I tore through the two previous books in a day or so. ?Wrecked? was different. From the very beginning, this was obviously a very different book than ?IQ? or ?Righteous.? It?s a wild ride, of course, w...
This is the 3rd installment of the IQ series. IQ is a young man in South Central LA who solves crimes as a private detective. He is the Sherlock Holmes of the hood. Fun, fresh series. ...
Check out my Interview for 2019 with Joe Ide Story opens with a prologue bringing the reader back to things past, from real world news, ones of past horrors and Abu Ghraib, men and women part of those terrible images of degradation. The first chapter shifts to IQ and his management ...
I liked the first two books in the IQ series, IQ and Righteous, but this one was a lot harder for me to like because of the repeated, detailed descriptions of torture. I?m also a mystery lover, and there really wasn?t much of any mystery in this book. It starts out as a missing-per...
IQ Returns For A Third Adventure Some private eyes are cool, calm, and collected like Humphrey Bogart. Others are like Mike Hammer with an outstretched arm and a .45 ready to explode in violence. Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) is yer a third type of private eye. He?s a young, unworldly...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
The interesting start is wasted by fraying off into many directions and culminating to a tragic end. 3 of 10 stars ...
I still like IQ, the colorful characters and the sharp, fast dialogue, but this book is a hyper violent torture fest. The first book was so good, but I think the prospect of filming this series has hurt it. There is too much emphasis on action. I realize that a lot of people love that,...
It doesn?t usually take me this long to finish an IQ mystery. I tore through the two previous books in a day or so. ?Wrecked? was different. From the very beginning, this was obviously a very different book than ?IQ? or ?Righteous.? It?s a wild ride, of course, w...
This is the 3rd installment of the IQ series. IQ is a young man in South Central LA who solves crimes as a private detective. He is the Sherlock Holmes of the hood. Fun, fresh series. ...
Check out my Interview for 2019 with Joe Ide Story opens with a prologue bringing the reader back to things past, from real world news, ones of past horrors and Abu Ghraib, men and women part of those terrible images of degradation. The first chapter shifts to IQ and his management ...
I liked the first two books in the IQ series, IQ and Righteous, but this one was a lot harder for me to like because of the repeated, detailed descriptions of torture. I?m also a mystery lover, and there really wasn?t much of any mystery in this book. It starts out as a missing-per...
IQ Returns For A Third Adventure Some private eyes are cool, calm, and collected like Humphrey Bogart. Others are like Mike Hammer with an outstretched arm and a .45 ready to explode in violence. Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) is yer a third type of private eye. He?s a young, unworldly...
Best in the series. But you have to read the first two outstanding entries before starting this. Characters from the earlier entries reappear, plot threads from the previous entries are neatly wrapped up. Justice prevails. I?ll try to write a more coherent review post-Christmas Ho...
6.5/10 The concept of a Holmes type sleuth in the ghetto exchanging solutions to mysteries for home baked goods was what drew me to this series, it felt like a unique setting and voice in a densely populated crime/thriller field. However, there was little to no sleuthing in this out...
Wrecked is pretty much nonstop action the moment all of the main characters are introduced. It packs a punch and had awesome plot progression. Basically, it?s a battle between a team of giant assholes?who literally raped and tortured and killed on a regular basis?and Isaiah an...
Joe Ide was kind enough to send me an ARC of this title. I own his previous two books, with the same protagonist (IQ). The first two books were fairly quick reads .... the first one, however, had a lot of 'hood slang talk, which I had trouble with at first. By the time this 3rd vol...
Isaiah Quintabe (IQ), a young private investigator, is smarter than everyone else. He serves his Long Beach community by solving his neighbor?s problems, and he is very good at it ? but not so good at getting paid, often as not accepting trade or goods in lieu of money. While he?...
Private Investigator Isaiah ?IQ? Quintabe is back for another adventure in Joe Ide?s (Righteous, 2017) exceptional third novel. IQ?s Long Beach-based PI firm has officially taken off. However, while Quintabe?s popularity soars, his bank account apparently never gets the m...
You can find my review on my blog by clicking here. What happens when you share a cup of tea with a person at more than one occasion? You gain knowledge, knowledge on who they are and how they are with you. Through repetition you notice the little things that make them special, whet...
5-Stars. Terrific fun throughout. Once again Joe Ide thrills and entertains! Time has passed, IQ and Dodson have had successes, one of which comes back to haunt them in the lesser of the two main plots of Wrecked The other is a solidly constructed "missing person" case, more comp...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
The interesting start is wasted by fraying off into many directions and culminating to a tragic end. 3 of 10 stars ...
I still like IQ, the colorful characters and the sharp, fast dialogue, but this book is a hyper violent torture fest. The first book was so good, but I think the prospect of filming this series has hurt it. There is too much emphasis on action. I realize that a lot of people love that,...
It doesn?t usually take me this long to finish an IQ mystery. I tore through the two previous books in a day or so. ?Wrecked? was different. From the very beginning, this was obviously a very different book than ?IQ? or ?Righteous.? It?s a wild ride, of course, w...
This is the 3rd installment of the IQ series. IQ is a young man in South Central LA who solves crimes as a private detective. He is the Sherlock Holmes of the hood. Fun, fresh series. ...
Check out my Interview for 2019 with Joe Ide Story opens with a prologue bringing the reader back to things past, from real world news, ones of past horrors and Abu Ghraib, men and women part of those terrible images of degradation. The first chapter shifts to IQ and his management ...
I liked the first two books in the IQ series, IQ and Righteous, but this one was a lot harder for me to like because of the repeated, detailed descriptions of torture. I?m also a mystery lover, and there really wasn?t much of any mystery in this book. It starts out as a missing-per...
IQ Returns For A Third Adventure Some private eyes are cool, calm, and collected like Humphrey Bogart. Others are like Mike Hammer with an outstretched arm and a .45 ready to explode in violence. Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) is yer a third type of private eye. He?s a young, unworldly...
Best in the series. But you have to read the first two outstanding entries before starting this. Characters from the earlier entries reappear, plot threads from the previous entries are neatly wrapped up. Justice prevails. I?ll try to write a more coherent review post-Christmas Ho...
6.5/10 The concept of a Holmes type sleuth in the ghetto exchanging solutions to mysteries for home baked goods was what drew me to this series, it felt like a unique setting and voice in a densely populated crime/thriller field. However, there was little to no sleuthing in this out...
Wrecked is pretty much nonstop action the moment all of the main characters are introduced. It packs a punch and had awesome plot progression. Basically, it?s a battle between a team of giant assholes?who literally raped and tortured and killed on a regular basis?and Isaiah an...
Joe Ide was kind enough to send me an ARC of this title. I own his previous two books, with the same protagonist (IQ). The first two books were fairly quick reads .... the first one, however, had a lot of 'hood slang talk, which I had trouble with at first. By the time this 3rd vol...
Isaiah Quintabe (IQ), a young private investigator, is smarter than everyone else. He serves his Long Beach community by solving his neighbor?s problems, and he is very good at it ? but not so good at getting paid, often as not accepting trade or goods in lieu of money. While he?...
Private Investigator Isaiah ?IQ? Quintabe is back for another adventure in Joe Ide?s (Righteous, 2017) exceptional third novel. IQ?s Long Beach-based PI firm has officially taken off. However, while Quintabe?s popularity soars, his bank account apparently never gets the m...
You can find my review on my blog by clicking here. What happens when you share a cup of tea with a person at more than one occasion? You gain knowledge, knowledge on who they are and how they are with you. Through repetition you notice the little things that make them special, whet...
5-Stars. Terrific fun throughout. Once again Joe Ide thrills and entertains! Time has passed, IQ and Dodson have had successes, one of which comes back to haunt them in the lesser of the two main plots of Wrecked The other is a solidly constructed "missing person" case, more comp...
Dear Mr. Ide, Thank you for another badass read with mystery, action, love, and loneliness. I adore Isaiah Quintabe (IQ). He can make me smile, laugh, sad, and think?and often times all at once! Wrecked, your third book in the IQ series, felt more like a Grace book to me though....
Joe Ide delights his many fans again with another exciting entry in his IQ series with Wrecked. Ide?s version of a modern-day Sherlock Holmes in L.A. manages to be creative, funny, touching and thought-provoking. In this third installment, Isaiah Quintabe (IQ) finally gets a chance t...
It nice to have a new fresh character out there like IQ who uses his brain instead of weapons. These books just keep getting better and better. ...
Ide?s best yet. And that?s saying a lot. ...
Joe Ide once again tells an interesting crime story about people liviing in Southern California. IQ and his business partner seem to get into terrible trouble with little prospect of remuneration. Once again Sullivan Jones does a perfect reading in the audiobook. ...
Excellent. A little excessively coincidental at times, but that?s uncommon for books of this genre. ...
Could not put it down! Excellent writing with loads of action and a sprinkling of humor make book 3 in the IQ series a must read!!! ...
The third I.Q. novel is more of the same. I love Joe Ide. He's such a skillful writer. His description, his similes and his dialogue. I was so looking forward to this, and I saw the reviews from advanced copies, saying it was a bigger, more expansive book, and I thought, wow. this m...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
The interesting start is wasted by fraying off into many directions and culminating to a tragic end. 3 of 10 stars ...
I still like IQ, the colorful characters and the sharp, fast dialogue, but this book is a hyper violent torture fest. The first book was so good, but I think the prospect of filming this series has hurt it. There is too much emphasis on action. I realize that a lot of people love that,...
It doesn?t usually take me this long to finish an IQ mystery. I tore through the two previous books in a day or so. ?Wrecked? was different. From the very beginning, this was obviously a very different book than ?IQ? or ?Righteous.? It?s a wild ride, of course, w...
This is the 3rd installment of the IQ series. IQ is a young man in South Central LA who solves crimes as a private detective. He is the Sherlock Holmes of the hood. Fun, fresh series. ...
Check out my Interview for 2019 with Joe Ide Story opens with a prologue bringing the reader back to things past, from real world news, ones of past horrors and Abu Ghraib, men and women part of those terrible images of degradation. The first chapter shifts to IQ and his management ...
I liked the first two books in the IQ series, IQ and Righteous, but this one was a lot harder for me to like because of the repeated, detailed descriptions of torture. I?m also a mystery lover, and there really wasn?t much of any mystery in this book. It starts out as a missing-per...
IQ Returns For A Third Adventure Some private eyes are cool, calm, and collected like Humphrey Bogart. Others are like Mike Hammer with an outstretched arm and a .45 ready to explode in violence. Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) is yer a third type of private eye. He?s a young, unworldly...
Best in the series. But you have to read the first two outstanding entries before starting this. Characters from the earlier entries reappear, plot threads from the previous entries are neatly wrapped up. Justice prevails. I?ll try to write a more coherent review post-Christmas Ho...
6.5/10 The concept of a Holmes type sleuth in the ghetto exchanging solutions to mysteries for home baked goods was what drew me to this series, it felt like a unique setting and voice in a densely populated crime/thriller field. However, there was little to no sleuthing in this out...
Wrecked is pretty much nonstop action the moment all of the main characters are introduced. It packs a punch and had awesome plot progression. Basically, it?s a battle between a team of giant assholes?who literally raped and tortured and killed on a regular basis?and Isaiah an...
Joe Ide was kind enough to send me an ARC of this title. I own his previous two books, with the same protagonist (IQ). The first two books were fairly quick reads .... the first one, however, had a lot of 'hood slang talk, which I had trouble with at first. By the time this 3rd vol...
Isaiah Quintabe (IQ), a young private investigator, is smarter than everyone else. He serves his Long Beach community by solving his neighbor?s problems, and he is very good at it ? but not so good at getting paid, often as not accepting trade or goods in lieu of money. While he?...
Private Investigator Isaiah ?IQ? Quintabe is back for another adventure in Joe Ide?s (Righteous, 2017) exceptional third novel. IQ?s Long Beach-based PI firm has officially taken off. However, while Quintabe?s popularity soars, his bank account apparently never gets the m...
You can find my review on my blog by clicking here. What happens when you share a cup of tea with a person at more than one occasion? You gain knowledge, knowledge on who they are and how they are with you. Through repetition you notice the little things that make them special, whet...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
The interesting start is wasted by fraying off into many directions and culminating to a tragic end. 3 of 10 stars ...
I still like IQ, the colorful characters and the sharp, fast dialogue, but this book is a hyper violent torture fest. The first book was so good, but I think the prospect of filming this series has hurt it. There is too much emphasis on action. I realize that a lot of people love that,...
It doesn?t usually take me this long to finish an IQ mystery. I tore through the two previous books in a day or so. ?Wrecked? was different. From the very beginning, this was obviously a very different book than ?IQ? or ?Righteous.? It?s a wild ride, of course, w...
This is the 3rd installment of the IQ series. IQ is a young man in South Central LA who solves crimes as a private detective. He is the Sherlock Holmes of the hood. Fun, fresh series. ...
Check out my Interview for 2019 with Joe Ide Story opens with a prologue bringing the reader back to things past, from real world news, ones of past horrors and Abu Ghraib, men and women part of those terrible images of degradation. The first chapter shifts to IQ and his management ...
I liked the first two books in the IQ series, IQ and Righteous, but this one was a lot harder for me to like because of the repeated, detailed descriptions of torture. I?m also a mystery lover, and there really wasn?t much of any mystery in this book. It starts out as a missing-per...
IQ Returns For A Third Adventure Some private eyes are cool, calm, and collected like Humphrey Bogart. Others are like Mike Hammer with an outstretched arm and a .45 ready to explode in violence. Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) is yer a third type of private eye. He?s a young, unworldly...
Best in the series. But you have to read the first two outstanding entries before starting this. Characters from the earlier entries reappear, plot threads from the previous entries are neatly wrapped up. Justice prevails. I?ll try to write a more coherent review post-Christmas Ho...
6.5/10 The concept of a Holmes type sleuth in the ghetto exchanging solutions to mysteries for home baked goods was what drew me to this series, it felt like a unique setting and voice in a densely populated crime/thriller field. However, there was little to no sleuthing in this out...
Wrecked is pretty much nonstop action the moment all of the main characters are introduced. It packs a punch and had awesome plot progression. Basically, it?s a battle between a team of giant assholes?who literally raped and tortured and killed on a regular basis?and Isaiah an...
Joe Ide was kind enough to send me an ARC of this title. I own his previous two books, with the same protagonist (IQ). The first two books were fairly quick reads .... the first one, however, had a lot of 'hood slang talk, which I had trouble with at first. By the time this 3rd vol...
Isaiah Quintabe (IQ), a young private investigator, is smarter than everyone else. He serves his Long Beach community by solving his neighbor?s problems, and he is very good at it ? but not so good at getting paid, often as not accepting trade or goods in lieu of money. While he?...
Private Investigator Isaiah ?IQ? Quintabe is back for another adventure in Joe Ide?s (Righteous, 2017) exceptional third novel. IQ?s Long Beach-based PI firm has officially taken off. However, while Quintabe?s popularity soars, his bank account apparently never gets the m...
You can find my review on my blog by clicking here. What happens when you share a cup of tea with a person at more than one occasion? You gain knowledge, knowledge on who they are and how they are with you. Through repetition you notice the little things that make them special, whet...
5-Stars. Terrific fun throughout. Once again Joe Ide thrills and entertains! Time has passed, IQ and Dodson have had successes, one of which comes back to haunt them in the lesser of the two main plots of Wrecked The other is a solidly constructed "missing person" case, more comp...
Dear Mr. Ide, Thank you for another badass read with mystery, action, love, and loneliness. I adore Isaiah Quintabe (IQ). He can make me smile, laugh, sad, and think?and often times all at once! Wrecked, your third book in the IQ series, felt more like a Grace book to me though....
Joe Ide delights his many fans again with another exciting entry in his IQ series with Wrecked. Ide?s version of a modern-day Sherlock Holmes in L.A. manages to be creative, funny, touching and thought-provoking. In this third installment, Isaiah Quintabe (IQ) finally gets a chance t...
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
?Get ready, son,...Cause Karma?s about to kick your ass.? Blackmail, conspiracy, and an awkwardly sweet romance are at the forefront of Wrecked, the third book in the IQ series. This is a fast-paced, action-packed mystery filled with quirky loveable characters and intriguing ...
I really enjoy this series and find it one of the most refreshing to listen to. Sullivan Jones just does a superb job as the narrator. Dodson and IQ are now partners. In my mind, Dodson comes across as a young Kevin Hart. He steals the scenes. There?s a lot of humor in these bo...
Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) can be likened to a modern day Sherlock Holmes, such is his superior intellect and heightened powers of deduction which are comparable to the renowned PI of early crime fiction. While his sidekick, Dodson isn't quite Sherlock's Watson, he's a great character an...
This is Ide?s third offering in the IQ detective series. Welcome to East Long Beach, a desolate part of Los Angeles dominated by liquor stores, auto shops, and taco places. IQ uses his deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes, to solve crimes for the poor people in the neighborhood....
The interesting start is wasted by fraying off into many directions and culminating to a tragic end. 3 of 10 stars ...
I still like IQ, the colorful characters and the sharp, fast dialogue, but this book is a hyper violent torture fest. The first book was so good, but I think the prospect of filming this series has hurt it. There is too much emphasis on action. I realize that a lot of people love that,...
It doesn?t usually take me this long to finish an IQ mystery. I tore through the two previous books in a day or so. ?Wrecked? was different. From the very beginning, this was obviously a very different book than ?IQ? or ?Righteous.? It?s a wild ride, of course, w...
This is the 3rd installment of the IQ series. IQ is a young man in South Central LA who solves crimes as a private detective. He is the Sherlock Holmes of the hood. Fun, fresh series. ...
Check out my Interview for 2019 with Joe Ide Story opens with a prologue bringing the reader back to things past, from real world news, ones of past horrors and Abu Ghraib, men and women part of those terrible images of degradation. The first chapter shifts to IQ and his management ...
I liked the first two books in the IQ series, IQ and Righteous, but this one was a lot harder for me to like because of the repeated, detailed descriptions of torture. I?m also a mystery lover, and there really wasn?t much of any mystery in this book. It starts out as a missing-per...
IQ Returns For A Third Adventure Some private eyes are cool, calm, and collected like Humphrey Bogart. Others are like Mike Hammer with an outstretched arm and a .45 ready to explode in violence. Isaiah Quintabe (aka IQ) is yer a third type of private eye. He?s a young, unworldly...
Best in the series. But you have to read the first two outstanding entries before starting this. Characters from the earlier entries reappear, plot threads from the previous entries are neatly wrapped up. Justice prevails. I?ll try to write a more coherent review post-Christmas Ho...
6.5/10 The concept of a Holmes type sleuth in the ghetto exchanging solutions to mysteries for home baked goods was what drew me to this series, it felt like a unique setting and voice in a densely populated crime/thriller field. However, there was little to no sleuthing in this out...
Wrecked is pretty much nonstop action the moment all of the main characters are introduced. It packs a punch and had awesome plot progression. Basically, it?s a battle between a team of giant assholes?who literally raped and tortured and killed on a regular basis?and Isaiah an...
Joe Ide was kind enough to send me an ARC of this title. I own his previous two books, with the same protagonist (IQ). The first two books were fairly quick reads .... the first one, however, had a lot of 'hood slang talk, which I had trouble with at first. By the time this 3rd vol...
Isaiah Quintabe (IQ), a young private investigator, is smarter than everyone else. He serves his Long Beach community by solving his neighbor?s problems, and he is very good at it ? but not so good at getting paid, often as not accepting trade or goods in lieu of money. While he?...
Private Investigator Isaiah ?IQ? Quintabe is back for another adventure in Joe Ide?s (Righteous, 2017) exceptional third novel. IQ?s Long Beach-based PI firm has officially taken off. However, while Quintabe?s popularity soars, his bank account apparently never gets the m...
You can find my review on my blog by clicking here. What happens when you share a cup of tea with a person at more than one occasion? You gain knowledge, knowledge on who they are and how they are with you. Through repetition you notice the little things that make them special, whet...
5-Stars. Terrific fun throughout. Once again Joe Ide thrills and entertains! Time has passed, IQ and Dodson have had successes, one of which comes back to haunt them in the lesser of the two main plots of Wrecked The other is a solidly constructed "missing person" case, more comp...
Dear Mr. Ide, Thank you for another badass read with mystery, action, love, and loneliness. I adore Isaiah Quintabe (IQ). He can make me smile, laugh, sad, and think?and often times all at once! Wrecked, your third book in the IQ series, felt more like a Grace book to me though....
Joe Ide delights his many fans again with another exciting entry in his IQ series with Wrecked. Ide?s version of a modern-day Sherlock Holmes in L.A. manages to be creative, funny, touching and thought-provoking. In this third installment, Isaiah Quintabe (IQ) finally gets a chance t...
It nice to have a new fresh character out there like IQ who uses his brain instead of weapons. These books just keep getting better and better. ...
