IQ

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Sullivan Jones, Joe Ide: IQ (EBook, 2016, Blackstone Pub)

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Published Dec. 18, 2016 by Blackstone Pub.

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978-1-4789-4259-7
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4 stars (4 reviews)

"A resident of one of LA's toughest neighborhoods uses his blistering intellect to solve the crimes the LAPD ignores. East Long Beach. The LAPD is barely keeping up with the neighborhood's high crime rate. Murders go unsolved, lost children unrecovered. But someone from the neighborhood has taken it upon himself to help solve the cases the police can't or won't touch. They call him IQ. He's a loner and a high school dropout, his unassuming nature disguising a relentless determination and a fierce intelligence. He charges his clients whatever they can afford, which might be a set of tires or a homemade casserole. To get by, he's forced to take on clients that can pay. This time, it's a rap mogul whose life is in danger. As Isaiah investigates, he encounters a vengeful ex-wife, a crew of notorious cutthroats, a monstrous attack dog, and a hit man who even other …

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2 stars

DNF at 46%

So much potential but the head hopping and the ease at which everything seemed to fall into place for Isaiah made getting immersed in the story impossible. I finally had enough after the visit to and confrontation with the assassin. It took me well beyond my ability to suspend disbelief and I found myself shaking my head and not wanting to spend any more time on the book.

I'm giving it two stars because the I liked the story the author was trying to tell me, even though I didn't like the execution very much, and the narrator was great. I want to find other things he's done.

I did receive an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley but waited so long to read it that I was able to listen to the audio book version. The narrator is fantastic. He was the biggest bright spot in …

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