“Come on in,” he said without getting up. “I’m Ed Blevins. Please, sit-sit, we’re not formal around here. Let me guess. You’re… — Joe Ide Copy Share Image
“We’d like to see the security supervisor,” Isaiah said. “You mean Ed?” she said, as if they were making a silly mistake.… — Joe Ide Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
“Now it’s hard to make out here but your dog has some dewlap, wrinkling on the forehead, the legs are a little… — Joe Ide Dog Copy Share Image
“Look at him. There’s no more chance he’ll make a decent record than Bug turning down a Family Meal at Popeye’s.” Cal” — Joe Ide Family Copy Share Image
“picked this up at Skip’s place,” the kid said. He showed Bobby a bullet. It looked like a regular .45-caliber round but… — Joe Ide Copy Share Image
“Nestor wondered why the guy didn't stay around & be a hero.....Nestor would have to find him & thank him personally. A… — Joe Ide Copy Share Image
“Isaiah went on explaining like a college professor talking to a not very bright middle school student:” — Joe Ide Middle school Copy Share Image
“The battering ram took the door out no problem. The siren was as loud as Pet City’s but the burglars wore noise-suppression… — Joe Ide Two hands Copy Share Image
“My name is Isaiah,” Isaiah said. Bug held his meaty paw in the shape of a handgun, shooting it for emphasis. “Well,… — Joe Ide Long beach Copy Share Image
“I be at the strip club, gettin’ me some hot rub, tokin’ on a big dub, hungry for some big grub. Split… — Joe Ide Strip club Copy Share Image
“I got to stop roamin’, be a pigeon goin’ homin’ back to Mississippi, make some homemade chili while I be chillin’ with… — Joe Ide Copy Share Image
“Black the Knife, down without a fight A termite, a flea bite, Got stage fright, no right to life Boy’s an absentee,… — Joe Ide Right to life Copy Share Image
“All right,” she said. “Inductive reasoning. It’s what those so-called detectives on CSI, SVU, LMNOP and all the rest of them call… — Joe Ide Pay attention Copy Share Image
“Dodson looked saddened, as if Mr. Ingram had been stricken with some rare disease. “It’s a hustler’s world, son,” Dodson said, “and… — Joe Ide Copy Share Image
“My brain is in pain with none of the gain what’s happening in my mind I can’t quantify or justify my lifestyle… — Joe Ide Motivation Copy Share Image
“The brown apartment building was L-shaped. All the doors were facing in, big white patches where the paint had chipped off the… — Joe Ide Copy Share Image
“Then they have a son that’s dumber than a box of hair, he gets married and has kids that play hide-and-seek in… — Joe Ide Copy Share Image
“There was an older guy in the photos on the bookshelf who was probably Isaiah’s brother, who was most likely dead and… — Joe Ide Copy Share Image
“He remembered what Marcus said, to take the initiative, dictate the action, not let his emotions call the shots.” — Joe Ide Copy Share Image
“It’s a hustler’s world, son,” Dodson said, “and if you ain’t doing the hustlin’? Somebody’s hustlin’ you.” — Joe Ide Hustle Copy Share Image
“Isaiah knew houses like this existed but he’d never been inside one. The sheer quantity of overstuffed furniture, marble flooring, life-size paintings,… — Joe Ide Copy Share Image
“You always keep an AK in the umbrella stand?” Isaiah said, looking at it. “Remind me not to come over here when… — Joe Ide Long story Copy Share Image
“Isaiah was eating the last of the trail mix when Darcy emerged from an upstairs apartment. She was sixteen going on thirty-five,… — Joe Ide Copy Share Image
“When Bobby was promoting raves back in Sacramento, Jimmy Bonifant was dealing ecstasy and what was the point of going to a… — Joe Ide Copy Share Image
“I’m up from nothin’, I come from nowhere goin’ solo on the road to everywhere Don’t need the hard sellin’, feelin’ the… — Joe Ide Copy Share Image
