Anthony Award winner Joe Ide is set to continue his critically acclaimed Isaiah ‘IQ’ Quintabe series with Wrecked, which is currently slated to hit bookstores on October 9th.
Wrecked is the third book in Ide’s series, which kicked off in 2016 with his Edgar Award-nominated debut novel, IQ. Ide hit another home run in 2017 with Righteous, which received a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly and earned him comparisons to Don Winslow from The New York Times book review, who also called Ide “the best thing to happen to mystery writing in a long time.”
Check out the plot details for Wrecked, which is available for pre-order here, below!
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.
Praised as “one of today’s finest book reviewers” by New York Times bestselling author Gayle Lynds, Ryan Steck is the editor-in-chief of The Real Book Spy, and one of the thriller genre’s most well-recognized critics. He currently lives in southwest Michigan with his wife and their six children. For more information, make sure to follow him on Twitter and Facebook!