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Boone Daniels, a laid-back private investigator, gathers with his surfing buddies on Pacific beach. There’s no surf, but the Dawn Patrol are out in force regardless…it’s what they do. Having no work to do, and no real reason to go to the office, Boone stays for the second shift on the daily surfing clock – the Gentleman’s Hour; and ends up taking on a hated matrimonial case. But that soon becomes the least of his worries.
When The Sundowner, a symbolic icon of the San Diego surf scene, sees a murderous dispute between a young surfer and a member of the territorial Rockpile Crew, the painful truth that violence is seeping into the surf community can no longer be ignored. So when asked to help on the defence by current love interest Petra Hall, Boone knows there will be outrage from both the community, and the rest of Dawn Patrol.
As the two cases overlap in unexpected ways, an isolated Boone finds himself struggling to stay afloat as the water gets deeper…and more deadly.
ASIN : 0099527561
Editore : Random UK; 1ST edizione (1 luglio 2010)
Lingua : Inglese
Copertina flessibile : 336 pagine
ISBN-10 : 9780099527565
ISBN-13 : 978-0099527565
Peso articolo : 234 g
Dimensioni : 12.9 x 2 x 19.8 cm
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I loved it
Great story that catches you with well-drawn characters. Not only has Don Winslow written a novel I superliked, but with this novel (along with The Dawn Patrol) pushed me to try surfing, something I never did before and then I loved. The power of the books
Some very hard decisions for Boone Daniels to make…
After the first book about the surfin’ Private Investigator Boone Daniels and his friends, the The Dawn Patrol Don Winslow gives his hero some nut to crack.Some odd nut, not the usual one, but one big and hard as a cocoa nut.And Boone will have to make some very unpopular decisions…But first things first…The Dawn Patrol, the surfing “usuals” at Pacific Beach, San Diego, California occupy the early hours to catch the waves.The next shift for the elder, more settled buddies on the surfing clock is the so called “Gentlemen’s Hour”.Now our hero Boone, once only to be seen with the Dawn Patrol, has to do some of his snooping work as a PI in the early morning. So more and more he gets separated from his long time friends by the circumstances. And finds himself more and more in the company of the “Gentlemen”.One of them, Dan, has a very naughty cat to skin – his beautiful wife Donna seems to have an affair.So, after Dan is literally begging him down on his knees to take the case, Boone agrees. Sniffin’ after husbands or wifes normally are the last cases to take – there often will be an outcome, even the deceived part is rarely able to accept the ugly facts without any prove.So Boone – to his luck – buys some acoustic device that will show its utility in more than one way, but only at the (almost) very end of the story.Because Boone is forced into an other investigation that will turn all his friends against him – the brutal assassination of some local Surfer’s Icone called Kelly Kuhio aka K2.A “kama’aina” – a pure Hawai’ian Surf Guru, a “legend”.One of the most peaceful, helpful and gentelest men who ever surfed and walked the beaches from Hawai’i to the Californian Coast…Beaten to death in front of the “Sundowner”, one symbolic place of the San Diego surf scene.By whom?Oh, a culprit is found on the spot.And Petra Hall, the Brit aka Pete, who has an “thing” with Boone, asks him to help the defence on that particular case. And he knows right from the beginning that this will seperate him from his friends of the Dawn Patrol…Working down his way on his cases, he has more than one incounter of the unpleasant kind.He will see thirst of revenge on one side, and groups with a deep hate for everyone but “white” on the other.And he will find out facts that will tie both of his cases together in a way he never ever wanted to know. That overlap will cause a lot of distress to Boone and those next to him.And then there will be the legendary “Battle of Rockpile” – when the beaches will finally and hopeful for ever swept free of mobsters with racial agendas.But to arrive at that final climax, You will have to read 324 pages.And I can promise You – there will be not one single page that will leave You readers disappointed!Don Winslow – please, tell us more about the myths of the Californian Surfing Scene – the sooner the better!
Well developed characters and complex plot elements make this an interesting read. Author has obviously spent a lot of time in the area and knows subject matter well
Great characters and very entertaining.
The Dawn Patrol was a brilliant crime thriller involving the surfing community of San Diego. It depicted the dark underbelly that lurks underneath all the sun, sea, and sand. In this the sequel Boone Daniel’s loyalty to his friends is tested like never before. His world is continuing to change and he faces life changing choices…It starts with a matrimonial case. Something Daniel’s hates. But it soon leads to him accepting an offer from his lawyer girlfriend to help defend a young racist accused of killing one of the icons of their tight knit community, and a friend to both him and the other members of the Dawn Patrol.Never one to take the easy way out. He has to follow his moral code, to do the right thing. As his murdered friend would have told him, everyone deserves a chance! And so he takes a stand against the gang violence that is invading his idyllic world. Even though his investigations risk destroying the relationships he holds with those who mean the most to him.This novel has all the best elements of the first. The same laid back quirky coolness, and witty depictions of characters faults and decisions. This period 2006-09 saw Winslow complete three of his best novels in my opinion. Neither these two or The Winter Of Frankie Machine were continued. However, Winslow recently released a quite superb anthology called Broken which furthers the stories of these and other characters…
J’ai découvert Don Winslow avec La Griffe du Chien et Cartel, que j’ai lu quasiment en apnée. J’ai ensuite plongé dans le monde de Boone Daniels avec la Patrouille de l’Aube, avant de frissonner avec Frankie Machine et Booby Z, maglré les invraisemblances de ce dernier. The Gentlemen’s Hour est l’un des meilleurs romans de Don Winslow, on y retrouve l’humour et la nostalgie des vrais surfeurs, leur grain de folie et leur amitié, mais aussi un sentiment de fin de règne, de changement d’époque et de vie pour Boone Daniels, le tout mené à un train d’enfer. Ce livre est vrai page-turner, et m’a régalé de bout en bout.
What a story. And what a storyteller. Touches all the senses and is tightly spun until the last page.My kind of book.