Righteous, Ide - B-

                                               This is the second novel in the Isaiah Quintabe series, but sadly, it is not as good as the debut. The author develops the character well, but the overall story is not as strong as the first. Isaiah is asked by his late brother's former girlfriend to help her Las Vegas-based half-sister who is in serious debt to a loan shark and being chased by Chinese triads. It's an interesting diversion but not much more.