Joe Ide

East Long Beach. The LAPD is barely keeping up with the high crime rate. But word has spread: if you've got a case the police can't or won't touch, Isaiah Quintabe will help you out....

Super-smart sleuth Isaiah Quintabe is haunted by one mystery almost 10 years later - did his brother really die in a hit-and-run, or was there more to the story behind his death? Find out....

Isaiah Quintabe - IQ for short - has never been more successful - or felt more alone....

The seductive and relentless figure of Raymond Chandler's detective, Philip Marlowe, is vividly re-imagined in present-day Los Angeles. Here is a city of scheming Malibu actresses, ruthless gang members, virulent inequality and washed-out police....

In this fifth book in the IQ series, IQ is back, with the same larger-than-life characters and pulse-pounding action fans love - all leading up to a twist even a genius can't see coming....

Isaiah Quintabe, the genius PI who combines book smarts, street smarts and enough blistering action to melt the pavement of East Long Beach, is back with a new adventure....

As IQ plugs a mysterious USB into his laptop, he's horrified to see what flashes across the screen: his girlfriend Grace is sweaty and bedraggled - her wrists wrapped with duct tape. Grace has been kidnapped by the likes of Skip Hanson, a brutish hitman with a vendetta against Isaiah....

I.Q. nennt man Isaiah Quintabe in den schwarzen Hoods von Los Angeles. Weil er ein Genie ist und weil er als eine Art Nachbarschaftsdetektiv ohne Lizenz...