The Golden Orange

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.