The Golden Orange - Joseph Wambaugh

When forty-year-old cop Winnie Farlowe lost his
shield, he lost the only protection he had. Ever
since, he's been fighting a bad back, fighting the
bottle, fighting his conscience. But now he's in
for a special fight. Never before has he come up
against anyone like Tess Binder. She's a
stunningly beautiful, sexually spirited three-time
divorcee from Newport Beach--capital of California's
Golden Orange, where wallets are fat, bikinis are
skimpy, and cosmetic surgery is one sure way to a
billionaire's bank account. Nearly a year ago Tess
Binder's father washed up on the beach with a bullet
in his ear. The coroner called it suicide, but to
Tess it means the fear of her own fate. And
Winnie Farlowe is a man willing to follow wherever she
leads--straight into the juicy pulp of the Golden
Orange, a world where money is everything, but
nothing adds up . . . where death and chicanery
flourish amidst ranches, mansions, and yachting
parties. In his long-awaited new novel, best-selling
author Joseph Wambaugh combines harrowing suspense,
scathing humor, and a moving portrait of a man on
the brink of
self-destruction.