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Smoke by Joe Ide

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Smoke

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Joe Ide

Little, Brown and Company · Ebook · February 23, 2021

Reading lane: Private Eye Fiction

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).

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Why This Clicks

Hard-Boiled Pulse

A lean, smoky mystery with enough grit to keep the pages moving.

Come here for

  • hard-boiled private-eye pulse
  • collector-side Joe Ide shelf appeal

Expect

  • category-fit hard-boiled rhythm
  • sustained read for genre regulars

Book Details

Authors
Joe Ide
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Published
February 23, 2021
Format
Ebook
Theme
Private Eye Fiction · Black Mystery
Reading lane
Private Eye Fiction

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Publisher Categories

  • Private Eye Fiction

  • Crime Fiction

  • Black Urban Fiction

About This Book

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 ma...

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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. Read more

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