In this hotly anticipated follow-up to the smash hit IQ, a New York
Times Critics' Best of the Year and winner of the Anthony, Macavity,
and Shamus Awards, Isaiah uncovers a secret behind the death of his
brother, Marcus.
For ten years, something has gnawed at Isaiah Quintabe's gut and kept
him up nights, boiling with anger and thoughts of revenge. Ten years
ago, when Isaiah was just a boy, his brother was killed by an unknown
assailant. The search for the killer sent Isaiah plunging into despair
and nearly destroyed his life. Even with a flourishing career, a new
dog, and near-iconic status as a PI in his hometown, East Long Beach, he
has to begin the hunt again-or lose his mind.
A case takes him and his volatile, dubious sidekick, Dodson, to Vegas,
where Chinese gangsters and a terrifying seven-foot loan shark are
stalking a DJ and her screwball boyfriend. If Isaiah doesn't find the
two first, they'll be murdered. Awaiting the outcome is the love of IQ's
life: fail, and he'll lose her. Isaiah's quest is fraught with
treachery, menace, and startling twists, and it will lead him to the
mastermind behind his brother's death, Isaiah's own sinister Moriarty.
With even more action, suspense, and mind-bending mysteries than
Isaiah's first adventures, Righteous is a rollicking, ingenious thrill
ride.
