IQ Series, 1: IQ Lib/E (Audiobook)

from angiestahl

I would have given 3.75 if I could. This is a gritty, urban, adult version of Encyclopedia Brown. I mean that as a compliment. The PI main character, IQ, feels like a real person and the tone and style of this book is very different than the typical hard-boiled detective story. It's pretty geni...

from datrappert

When a book has as many reviews and blurbs in its paperback edition as this one does, it means something. To me, it means it probably won't live up to the hype. In this case, while IQ is hardly the masterpiece some reviewers make it out to be, it is an enjoyable, engaging, offbeat piece of work w...

from cburnett5

I somehow missed this book when it first came out. I am a firm believer that a cover can make or break a book, and this cover is fabulous. I would not have picked it up if the cover had not caught my eye. I.Q. was a ton of fun to read. Joe Ide's fabulous sense of humor shines through the pages of...

from fhudnell

I really hope this book is the start of a new series because I'd like to read more about Isaiah Quintabe (IQ), a private investigator in California and his colleague Juanell Dodson, the former hustler and drug dealer who makes a mean roux. The story is told in alternating chapters describing how ...

from markm2315

This is a well-constructed complex story with great characters and great mostly Ebonics dialogue; alternately tense and funny.