![]() ![]() Winslow ensures there's nothing "gentlemanly" about the action. ![]() The title refers to the "second shift on the daily surfing clock" after the dawn patrol. Dumped headfirst into a dark ocean of "localism," Boone must also contend with surfers trying to keep their beaches for themselves and threats from the Mexican cartels. Boone Daniels agrees to defend a young man accused of murdering a beloved surfer and local legend.Former cop turned investigator Boone Daniels lives to surf. Corey is accused of the beating death of surfing legend Kelly Kuhio, "Uncle K" to Boone, who worshipped him as a kid. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Border, a down-and-dirty dip into the treacherous social currents of Southern California (The Wall Street Journal), in which P.I. Worse, Boone's new slow-burning flame, lawyer Petra Hall, wants him for the defense of 19-year-old Corey Blasingame, tied in with the Rockpile Crew, a surfing gang with a neo-Nazi skinhead agenda, from up the coast. First, fellow board rider Dan Nichols suspects his wife, "an eleven on a California scale of ten," is cheating on him and wants Boone to spy on her. Surfer dude PI Boone Daniels reluctantly takes on two cases. ![]() Boone lives a simple life that mostly involves surfing, fish tacos, and the occasional romance. Set in Ocean Beach, CA, among the surf community, this book features Boone, a surfing legend and ex- police officer. The laidback calm of the Southern California surfing community of Pacific Beach boils over violently in Winslow's fast-paced sequel to The Dawn Patrol (2008). The Gentleman’s Hour by Don Winslow is yet another example of this author’s extraordinary talent. ![]()
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