A reef dance is surfing lingo for being stuck in one place, unable to move because of the physical as well as the emotional tide. This is where family court attorney J finds himself: stuck in a depressing grind, stuck in a deadend relationship, stuck in his dead parents' home, unable to move beyond his present rut. But when a high-profile custody case is dropped in his lap it awakens questions of the fate of his mother and he is lead into the heart of a great mystery. His own. Taut and deceptive, REEF DANCE is a breakthrough first novel.