Reef Dance - Couverture souple

Decure, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0312995040 ISBN 13 : 9780312995041

Editeur : St Martin's Press, 2003

Synopsis

A surfer turned family court lawyer begins to emerge from a very deep rut when he takes on an important custody case that reawakens memories about the disappearance of his own mother. A first novel. Reprint.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John DeCure is a writer familiar with both of the worlds that Reef Dance explores. He has been surfing since the early 1970's and has written for Surfer Magazine and the Surfer's Journal. In his first job as an attorney, he spent two years defending parents and children in juvenile dependency court. He is currently a prosecutor with the State Attorney General.
A second-generation Californian, John lives in West Los Angeles with his wife and their small son. This is his first novel.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Thirteen years ago, J. Shepard's mother walked out of his life forever. Since then, the rolling surf has been his only escape, a refuge from the daily stress of his job defending parents in the overburdened L.A. juvenile dependency court, and from the dark, unanswered questions of his past. But when J. is assigned a high-profile case, one in which a mother is accused of selling her child to the highest bidder, even a day in the surf doesn't offer solace...

J. throws himself simultaneously into the case and a search for the reasons behind his mother's disappearance. In order to succeed in both areas, J. must rely on his old friend Jackie Pace, a wayward surfing legend with a sordid past, and whom no one believes is reliable. But J. needs his friend's help, and Jackie must rise to the challenge. For he is much more intimately linked to the mystery than J. could ever know...

À propos de la deuxième de couverture

Wave after Wave of Praise for John Decure and Reef Dance

"I think Reef Dance signals the start of a fine writing career for John DeCure. It mesmerizes with the details of life in the trenches-in the courtroom and on the surfboard. It takes an insider's knowledge of both places to build the kind of characters that populate this novel."
--Michael Connelly, author of A Darkness More Than Night

"A compelling, first novel, self-assured, direct, authentic. DeCure gives us a glimpse into two worlds-L.A.'s heart-wrenching child dependency court and the local surf scene-and navigates both with equal aplomb. His characters come to life with the depth, beauty, and harshness of a perfect wave."--Elisabeth Cosin, author of Zen and the Art of Murder

"A good story well told by a promising newcomer." -Kirkus Reviews

"Highly recommended!" -Library Journal

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: St Martin's Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0312995040
• ISBN 13: 9780312995041
• Reliure: Poche
• Nombre de pages: 512
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible