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surf’s up
The calendar reads July. The beach is far away. Even so, I needed a beach book and I found the perfect one; THE DAWN PATROL (Knopf) by Don Winslow is crime fiction with a sunburn.
I started reading it last night. His main character, Boone Daniels, is a surf bum who is also a private eye. He’s not motivated to do much investigating because a big storm is about to come in from across the Pacific and hit the beaches of San Diego. Perfect killer waves for The Dawn Patrol.
Unfortunately, he has a suspicious death to investigate. A stripper has come to a bad end beneath a hotel balcony. Did she jump? Or, was she pushed? Our private eye is checking it out. What’s the connection between her fatal plunge and a Hawaiian drug ring? Boone is also keeping one eye on the ocean, watching out for those monster waves.
The perfect beach book…Winslow knows the way the ocean rolls and he is a former private eye.
Vick Mickunas
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By Page Turner
July 5, 2008 10:32 AM | Link to this
Catching the wave? You may also like “Tapping the Source” and “The Dogs of Winter” by Kem Nunn.