'THE BEST NEW DISCOVERY I'VE COME ACROSS IN A LONG TIME' Michael Connelly

'WRITING SO SHARP YOU MAY CUT YOUR FINGERS ON THE PAGES' Attica Locke

'THE HOTTEST OF RECENTLY-EMERGED CRIME WRITERS' New York Times

'ONE OF THE HOTTEST MYSTERY NOVELISTS AT WORK' Washington Post

'IDE WRITES WITH CONFIDENCE AND A SHARP WIT' Sunday Times

'THE HOLMES OF THE 21ST CENTURY' Daily Mail

Isaiah Quintabe - the genius PI who combines book smarts, street smarts and enough blistering action to melt the pavement of East Long Beach - is back with a new adventure.

Fresh off the beating he took at the hands of a gang of ex-Abu Ghraib thugs working as paramilitary contractors, IQ is determined to build a life for himself with his new girlfriend, Grace. For once, he wants to be normal: a normal guy, with a normal PI business, doing the best he can.

But this is IQ, and trouble is never far behind him.

Joined by his faithful band of fast-talking, sharp-tongued partners, Deronda and Dodson, the cases are wild, the mysteries twisty, and the driving fast.