May serves up quite a few holidays, but it’s also dedicated to celebrating and highlighting Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage. I’ve pulled together a list of some of my favorite suspense thrillers penned by AAPI authors.
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###Joe Ide
Although Joe Ide might not be as prolific as most authors on this list, what his canon lacks in quantity is more than made up for in quality. He's the author of the IQ series, which stars Isaiah Quintabe, a young private detective with Sherlock Holmes tendencies whom the people turn to when justice goes unserved in his LA neighborhood. He only charges what people can afford, which means that sometimes he has to take sketchier high-paying cases that get him into more than a few scrapes. This is an ongoing series with four audiobooks out so far, and each of the four has won an AudioFile Earphones Award for the narration by Sullivan Jones and Zeno Robinson. IQ, the first in the series, was also an Edgar Award finalist, and it has won the Anthony, Shamus, and Macavity Awards.
April 21. Twisty and unpredictable, this heart-pounding mystery will keep you guessing until the final showdown.
Listen if you liked Descent.