Not your typical detective or crime novel as Sherlock is a black, ghetto kid named Isaiah Quintabe. Isaiah has been on his own since his older brother, Marcus, was killed by a hit and run driver when Isaiah was sixteen. Forced to make it on his own, he uses his wiles, to help neighbors solve problems, eventually spending a few years burgling homes with a buddy until he realizes it will never end well. So he develops a reputation as a problem solver and ends up being hired by rapper Cal Wright, known as Mac the Knife. Cal's life has been threatened; he won't leave his mansion and his record producer and hanger-ons are panicked because the flow of money has stopped. Thus, IQ becomes a detective story as Isaiah eventually through deduction, and avoiding violence. figures out who tried to take Cal's life. The book is easy reading, things move fast and the reader will like Isaiah. I am sure this is the first of a series.
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