Hi Five Audiobook

Quotes

• “Ide is a remarkable writer, inhabiting the personae and rendering the back stories of a diverse assortment of characters.”

  — Wall Street Journal

• “Hit men, henchmen, bagmen—they all wander in and out of a highly diverting book that crackles with life and vividness.”

  — New York Times Book Review

• “Ide delivers a fresh and wholly modern update to the genre…Rapid-paced, colorful dialogue pops off the page as he brings to life rappers, arms dealers, loan sharks, and gangsters across four novels.”

  — Time

• “A messy story with many subplots, but it’s still completely entertaining, thanks to the sharp writing and Robinson’s stellar performance..Robinson expertly voices a large cast of characters to the point where it’s hard to believe he’s this audiobook’s sole narrator. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”

  — AudioFile

• “The author is skilled at developing the humanity of every character, regardless of their perspective…That allows Hi Five to stand on its own for first-time readers, even as the series deepens longtime fans’ engagement.”

  — Los Angeles Times

• “Stellar…readers will root for Ide’s distinctive lead every step of the way.”

  — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

• “Ide goes dark with the skill of a noir master, leaving Isaiah in a very bad place and the reader gasping for breath. A stunning change of pace from one of crime fiction’s new stars.”

  — Booklist (starred review)

• “Isaiah Quintabe has had some wild cases in the past, but nothing like this latest gig working for notorious criminal and all-around bad guy Angus Byrne…Add to that a Cambodian street gang and some illegal arms dealing and you’ve got just another day in the life of East Long Beach’s most acclaimed private eye.”

  — Library Journal

• Savor the freshness, vividness and ingenuity of the author's prose. . . . There are real truths hidden in the entertainment. . . . Hit men, henchmen, bagmen -- they all wander in and out of a highly diverting book that crackles with life and vividness.

  — Sarah Lyall, New York Times Book Review

• Mr. Ide is a remarkable writer, inhabiting the personae and rendering the back stories of a diverse assortment of characters... 'Hi Five' more than earns its triumphant title.

  — Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal

• The end result of all Ide's frenetic literary machinations, however, is a crime novel that gives readers a sense of the totality of life in all its possibility: comedy, violence, irrationality and heartbreak. It's no longer a fresh observation to say that Ide is an original as a suspense writer, but, certainly, every novel he writes - including Hi Five - feels like a new invention.

  — Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post

• While novels about hotshot detectives have thrived since the days of Sherlock Holmes, Joe Ide delivers a fresh and wholly modern update to the genre. . . . Ide's rapid-paced, colorful dialogue pops off the page as he brings to life rappers, arms dealers, loan sharks and gangsters across four novels.

  — TIME

• Buy Hi Five by the great Joe Ide, the latest in his brilliant series about Isaiah Quintabe, a modern Sherlock Holmes from Long Beach, Calif. Trust me on this: There's nobody out there right now better than Joe Ide.

  — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News

• I"t's a mark of Ide's skill that he's able to pull off such a plot, and he does it with credibility and more than a little poignancy.

  — Michele Ross, The Plain Dealer

• In Edgar-finalist Ide's stellar fourth IQ novel...readers will root for Ide's distinctive lead every step of the way. This innovative series continues to show promise for a long, high-quality run.

  — Publishers Weekly, starred review

• Ide goes dark with the skill of a noir master, leaving Isaiah in a very bad place and the reader gasping for breath. A stunning change of pace from one of crime fiction's new stars.

  — Booklist, starred review

• Mystery and detection compete with a gorgeous swarm of supercharged personalities on their own wild rides.

  — Kirkus

• Ide is one of the rising stars of crime fiction, and he's back this month with the fourth installment in his celebrated IQ series.

  — Dwyer Murphy, CrimeReads

• Ide is probably my favorite crime novelist in the game today. This time, IQ must crack a case involving a woman with multiple personalities, creating Ide's most unique and entertaining premise yet.

  — The Real Book Spy

• Exciting yet humorous

  — Shelf Awareness

• HI FIVE is well worth reading for Ide's command of language.... Isaiah also continues to be one of the more distinctive characters in contemporary detective fiction.

  — BookReporter

• Joe Ide creates a jumped-up, streetwise world--the tone owes something to Elmore Leonard--with Quintabe as its moral center.

  — Air Mail

• These books are not for the faint of heart; there is lots of violence and profanity, and Ide does a great job of pointing out racism, sexism and economic inequality. I love this series.

  — Louise Penny

• For all the cartoon violence and wisecracking, HI FIVE is a ruthless fable about our need for love.

  — Sunday Times

• A engaging tour du force delivery of lively entertainment enhanced by wry humor.

  — Booklist (starred review)