Monday, 22 April 2019

Joe Ide - Wrecked


Rating: 5/5

Review:
Another cracker from Joe Ide

I loved the first two IQ novels and this is just as good.

In this outing, Isaiah becomes involved in a couple of cases which become entangled; principally, he needs to find the mother of Grace (whom we remember from last time) who, it turns out, has compromising photos of atrocities in Abu Ghraib. The very tough perpetrators of those atrocities want them back and come after Grace and Isaiah with huge resources and horrible brutality. Meanwhile, Dodson is finding working with Isaiah tough, but we learn that he, too, has a heart and the tangled cases lead to a very exciting and sometimes very funny read.

Joe Ide is a great storyteller, balancing excitement, brutality, humour and real human tenderness perfectly, and his dialogue is quite brilliant. This is developing into a truly great series of books, in my view. I found Wrecked completely involving and I can recommend it very warmly.

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