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Title: The Dawn Patrol
Author: Don Winslow
Narrator: Ray Porter
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-13-08
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2121 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective
Publisher's Summary:
But Boone is also obsessed with the unsolved case of a young girl named Rain who was abducted while he was with the San Diego police. He blames himself, just as almost everyone in the department did, for not being able to save her.
Unexpectedly, he finds himself with the chance to make amends, and this new investigation gives him a wilder ride than any he's ever imagined.
Critic Reviews:
"[A] terrific thriller....Winslow keeps raising the stakes, as well as the waves, for all involved." (Publishers Weekly)
Members Reviews:
Don Winslow always surprises me
I assumed, because I am a terrible snob sometimes, that a suspense novel about surfing would have to be dumb. In fact I learned a whole lot about the deeper side of surfing and was drawn, as I always am, into the rich, odd characters that Winslow creates and consequently rediscovered the grace and humor and tough charm that he, so quirky in this genre, offers us in almost every one of his books.
Surfing as Catharsis Metaphor
There is a rhythm to this book's pacing, as if the sea's changing waves dictate its pace. Don Winslow tapped into this familiar harmonic, placing characters and plot astride a big longboard so we could all ride the waves.
This story of ex-cop surfer turned P.I. surfer provides listeners genuine characters, a plausible plot, heart-rending moments of truth and terror (on and off the waves), and the soothing crooning of Ray Porter's voice as he adjusts our emotions with subtle shifts in timber.
If you have surfed, watched surfing, or wished you could try it someday; the reason for that near-mystical attraction to ride waves is explained in this novel - so to is the mystique of California's coast and wave riding history.
There is a lot in this book - great character twists, plot turns, over-the-falls action, devotion, transformation, an excellent close-out, and, of course, surfing. Surfer? Get it!! Not a surfer (definitely get it)!!
Awesome
I am from Encinitas, CA which is Don Winslow country. I love mysteries and surfing so I decided to check it out. I fell for this book right from the beginning. I loved Boone and his friends. I loved Winslow's storytelling.
But this book totally surprised me. It turned from light and even a little funny to intense and dark. I simply could not put it down. I was so drawn to the characters and the plot action and wanted to find out what happened to Boone and friends.
BTW, the narrator was just great and and really added to the enjoyment. I am reading Frankie Machine right now, by Winslow, and am really enjoying it.
Don Winslow is my favorite new author. Check it out.
Uncle Don's Slide Show
Winslow has the chops to play audience like a cello. But...
Imagine you've got an uncle who's a good photographer and insists you watch his summer slide show. And the pictures are lovely, but... how much lovely can you take?
The plot in Dawn Patrol is exciting, the cast interesting, and the narrative stimulating. But there are those damned deviations to look at Uncle Don's slides of Southern California. And while each of the little stories are pretty, they grow to become boring distractions away from the story arc. Pointlessly. Winslow wants to give us a poignant sense of place.
