“The Dawn Patrol” by Don Winslow (Alfred A. Knopf, $23.95, 307 pages, www.aaknopf.com)

Boone Daniels is an extremely talented, extremely reluctant private investigator. He works just enough to keep himself in fish tacos. His motto is “anything tastes better in a tortilla.”

And no matter what the situation, his first priority is surfing. Everyone knows to look for Boone in the water whenever the waves are “epic macking crunchy.”

But financial realities often force Boone into the violent world of criminal investigations.

Along with the Dawn Patrol (his early morning surf bum friends): Hang Twelve, Dave the Love God, Johnny Bansai, High Tide and Sunny Day, Boone helps a gorgeous, bossy lawyer investigated an insurance scam, which turns out to be a wildly entertaining ride.

Author Winslow has written lots of popular books. In general, he doesn’t write continuing series character books. Let’s hope he breaks that tradition and that we see more of Boone Daniels soon.