Reef Dance — John Decure

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 into 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, 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...