{"product_id":"iq-joe-ide","title":"IQ;  Joe Ide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEast Long Beach. The LAPD is barely keeping up with the neighborhood's high crime rate. Murders go unsolved, lost children unrecovered. But someone from the neighborhood has taken it upon himself to help solve the cases the police can't or won't touch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey call him IQ. He's a loner and a high school dropout, his unassuming nature disguising a relentless determination and a fierce intelligence. He charges his clients whatever they can afford, which might be a set of tires or a homemade casserole. To get by, he's forced to take on clients that can pay.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis time, it's a rap mogul whose life is in danger. As Isaiah investigates, he encounters a vengeful ex-wife, a crew of notorious cutthroats, a monstrous attack dog, and a hit man who even other hit men say is a lunatic. The deeper Isaiah digs, the more far reaching and dangerous the case becomes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOctober 18, 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoe Ide is of Japanese American descent. He grew up in South Central Los Angeles, an economically depressed area with a largely black population. Gangs and street crime were rampant. Like a lot of kids, Joe wanted to belong and his speech, style, musical tastes and attitudes reflected the neighborhood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis favorite books were the Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes stories. That a person could make his way in the world and vanquish his enemies with just his intelligence fascinated him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEventually, he went on to university and received a graduate degree in education. He worked as a school teacher, a college lecturer, a corporate middle manager and director of an NGO that offered paralegal services and emergency shelter to abused women and children. He went on to write screenplays for a number of major studios but none of the projects came to fruition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt was then he decided to write his debut novel, IQ, about an unlicensed, underground detective; a character inspired by his early experiences and love of Sherlock Holmes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoe lives in Santa Monica, California, with his wife and Golden Retriever, Gusto.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49495119462722,"sku":"","price":5.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/files\/iq.jpg?v=1722452696","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/iq-joe-ide","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}