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Wrecked

By: Joe Ide
Narrated by: Sullivan Jones
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Summary

 Isaiah Quintabe - IQ for short - has never been more successful, or felt more alone. A series of high-profile wins in his hometown of East Long Beach have made him so notorious that he can hardly go to the corner store without being recognized. Dodson, once his sidekick, is now his full-fledged partner, hell-bent on giving IQ's PI business some real legitimacy: a Facebook page, and IQ's promise to stop accepting Christmas sweaters and carpet cleanings in exchange for PI services.

So when a young painter approaches IQ for help tracking down her missing mother, it's not just the case Isaiah's looking for, but the human connection. And when his new confidant turns out to be connected to a dangerous paramilitary operation, IQ falls victim to a threat even a genius can't see coming.

Waiting for Isaiah around every corner is Seb, the Oxford-educated African gangster who was responsible for the death of his brother, Marcus. Only, this time, Isaiah's not alone. Joined by a new love interest and his familiar band of accomplices, IQ is back - and the adventures are better than ever.

(p) Hachette Book Group US 2018©2019 Joe Ide Amateur Sleuths Crime Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense United States World Literature Fiction Detective Crime
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Critic reviews

Joe Ide is one of the hottest mystery novelists at work... The wonder of love, the cruelty of war, the black world he knows well, the music he loves (Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, George Shearing) - all the beauty and cruelty and craziness he filed away in his mind before he began writing these novels. With Wrecked, Ide confirms that he's among the most original new voices in today's crime fiction (Patrick Anderson)
Wrecked is full of violent action, hairbreadth escapes and poignant life lessons: an unpredictable book written by an author with wizard-like gifts (Tom Nolan)
The hip-hop generation's answer to Sherlock Holmes returns fast and furious in the third installment of Ide's (Righteous, 2017, etc.) celebrated series. . . Ide's penchant for colorful characters, droll banter, and whackadoodle set pieces is aided by a growing command of narrative dynamics. And Isaiah Quintabe remains an engaging, fascinating protagonist . . . There's a harder, darker edge to the violence that gives this ripsnorting follow-up a rueful yet resonant aftertaste, perhaps in anticipation of more unsettling jolts in the hero's future.
With writing so sharp you may cut your fingers on the pages, Joe Ide's latest IQ novel, Wrecked, is outrageous and laugh-out-loud funny, a page-turner with devastating observations about the dangers of state-sanctioned violence and its consequences. The characters are unforgettable, none more so than IQ himself. Like the previous books, IQ's tender intelligence and his tight moral compass are what make this series so stirring... and touching (Attica Locke, Edgar Award-winning author of Bluebird, Bluebird)
To describe the series in a single sentence, it embodies a lot of thought-provoking analysis, a good deal of brutality, and more than a smattering of Three Stooges thrown in for balance . . . Of his many talents, Ide's greatest is putting the reader definitively in the moment. The sense of authenticity is what sets him far apart from writers who try mightily to simulate tough guys from the streets. Ide grew up in South Central. He doesn't have to imagine anything. His characters' vernacular, some of it hysterically funny, is unfailingly spot-on (Fran Wood)
Joe Ide's IQ novels are an electrifying combination of Holmesian mystery and SoCal grit
Blazing... Ide is still the hottest of recently-emerged crime writers. He has populated Southern California with wildly entertaining characters, from those hinted at offstage to the motormouths whose priceless talk fills his pages (Janet Maslin)
Wrecked is full of violent action, hairbreadth escapes and poignant life lessons: an unpredictable book written by an author with wizard-like gifts
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These books are brilliant. The narration is particularly good. Can’t wait for the next one!

Excellent

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All the best parts of the IQ stories are here - Isaiah, Dodson, problem solving, great narration; but ultimately it falls a little flat. It kept me interested and engaged throughout, but the story is a little predictable and unfulfilling. The main part of the book is Grace needing Isaiah's help to find her mother and resolve back-story issues. I was hoping this would mean that Grace's character would develop into a strong counter-point to Isaiah's but this didn't really materialise and the relationship didn't really develop in a way that was interesting or original.

The story-line doesn't need much brain power from Isaiah and Dodson's new-found role starts strong but fizzles and dies. So, all of the interesting setups that Ide left us with at the end of the previous book, don't really result in anything lasting or significant in this one. There's also not much here to leave us full of anctipation and excitement for the next one, so it feels like Ide run out of enthusiasm for the series before writing this.

That all sounds quite negative, but it was a still a good book and worth a listen if you're engaged in the series, If you're new to Isaiah, this probably isn't the best place to start.

Good, but could have been better

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Really enjoying the IQ series by Joe Ide. Narration fantastic ad always. Started a touch slow but story really came together in the second half of the book. Cant wait for the next one.

Ide does it again

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The IQ stories are really finding their feet now. The characters are becoming fleshed out and the relationships making sense. The story is intriguing. The humour is wonderful and totally in line with the overall story. The whole thing just works and really would make a great movie or TV show.

Unmissable

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A number of threads intertwining. Like watching a movie thanks to the exceptional narration of Sullivan Jones.
Someone should pick this book up for a film series.

Exciting and well performed

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