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 hit men say is a lunatic. The deeper Isaiah digs, the more far reaching and dangerous the case becomes.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Mulholland Books
Published: 10/18/2016
ISBN: 9780316267724
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.38w x 1.13d

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 05/15/2016 pg. 48
Booklist 07/01/2016 pg. 35
Publishers Weekly 08/08/2016
Library Journal 09/01/2016 pg. 99
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2016 pg. 11
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2016
Shelf Awareness 10/18/2016
Library Journal 05/15/2016