East Long Beach. The LAPD is barely keeping up with the high crime rate. Murders go unsolved, OAPs are getting hoodwinked, children are missing. But word has spread: if you've got a case the police can't or won't touch, Isaiah Quintabe will help you out. If he solves his next case, IQ can put right a mistake he made long ago. If he doesn't, it won't just be the hit man coming after him... Sherlock Holmes meets 'The Wire' in this Edgar-shortlisted debut.