by Don Winslow
First published 2012
Boone Daniels starts each day the same way. He paddles out with the Dawn Patrol, his crew of surfer friends who watch each other's backs on land and sea. The ex-cop turned private detective keeps his stress low and his life simple in Pacific Beach. Then violence shatters his world. A local surf legend dies in a bar fight, killed by a young member of the Rockpile Crew. The tight-knit surfing community reels from the shock. Petra Halle, the British lawyer who drives Boone crazy, asks him to help defend the killer. As Boone digs deeper into the case, he discovers that violence has crept into the surf community he thought he knew. His investigation puts him at odds with his Dawn Patrol brothers. The deeper he goes, the more dangerous the waters become.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller, detective, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Pacific Beach
Period: Contemporary
450 pages · Mass Market Paperback · ED DU MASQUE
Content warnings: violence