IQ, Ide - B

                                               This is a fabulous debut novel set in the dregs of south central LA and featuring Isaiah Quintabe as a smart- really smart-high school dropout and sort of a modern day urban Sherlock. He takes on cases the LAPD doesn't follow up on, solves them and may or may not charge for them. The central story here is his hiring by a famous rapper who was almost murdered by a monstrous pit bull sent by someone close to him. Isaiah almost gets killed but does resolve the crime, and along the way, proves himself to be a young man of inestimable character. I've already downloaded the follow-up.