Smoke, Joe Ide
Smoke, Joe Ide
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Smoke

Author: Joe Ide

Narrator: Zeno Robinson

Unabridged: 10 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/23/2021


Synopsis

Isaiah Quintabe—an unlicensed detective for all seasons—and his best friend and masterful sidekick, Juanell Dodson, are at a crossroads in this latest installment of the "aggressively entertaining" IQ series (New York Times). This time, their lives may never be the same.

Isaiah Quintabe is no longer IQ, the genius of East Long Beach; instead, he’s a man on the road and on the run, hiding in a small Northern California town when his room is broken into by a desperate young man on the trail of the state’s most prolific serial killer.
 
His old partner, Juanell Dodson, must go straight or lose his wife and child. His devil’s bargain? An internship at an LA advertising agency, where it turns out the rules of the street have simply been dressed in business casual, but where the aging company’s fortunes may well rest on their ability to attract a younger demographic. Dodson—”the hustler’s hustler”—just may be the right man for the job.
 
Ide is the crime writer’s crime writer, and he’s filled his best novel yet with desperate souls, courageous outcasts, an ex-stripper who’ll do anything to protect her son, and wild half-brothers who may be the very incarnation of evil.
 
With deft plotting, lacerating humor, and a keen eye for the ways in which characters rise or fall based on their ties to one another, Smoke is Joe Ide’s crowning achievement.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Deborah (debbishdotcom) on November 28, 2020

I adored the first book in this series, but have struggled with them a little since. I initially put it down to the increased presence of IQ's friend Dodson but in reality in this outing, Dodson's storyline is the highlight. Here he becomes an intern at an ad agency in an attempt to go straight and......more

Goodreads review by 8stitches 9lives on February 23, 2021

Smoke is the fifth instalment in the East Long Beach, LA based series featuring unlicensed Private Investigator Isaiah ”IQ” Quintabe, with his sidekick, Juanell Dodson. With news that recently paroled hitman, Magnus Vestergard, aka Skip Hanson, is hunting him down, IQ decides not only to flee town b......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on March 19, 2021

Joe Ide steers his marvelous character Isaiah Quintabe( I Q) in a different direction in this fifth offering. Afflicted with PTSD as a result of his activities in his East Long Beach hometown, I Q heads north for a remote town outside of Sacramento, California. His purpose is twofold. He wants to es......more

Goodreads review by Lyn on August 23, 2021

Another excellent installment in Ide’s Isaiah Quintabe (IQ) series. Lots of action and the usual crazy characters. My only minor complaint is a side of IQ’s personality is revealed that I didn’t much care for - showing a lack of empathy, which is normally one of the traits that I love about him. But......more

Goodreads review by Kristine on March 02, 2021

I'm really not sure what happened to this series. I really, really liked the first couple of books but started having problems with the last book. I was hoping that this book would redeem itself and would prove that it was just a fluke. Unfortunately, this book was by far the worst of the series. On......more