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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 Beachcapital 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 leadsstraight 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.
another Wambaugh police drama-this one set in the playgrounds and passions of Orange County
A forty-year-old ex-cop becomes the target of an unknown assailant after he meets a beautiful divorcee.
The west-coast playgrounds of the filthy rich...where passions blow as hot-and as deadly-as the Santa Ana winds!
off beat suspense story set in newport beach and the california desert that depicts the world of riches.
A police detective, forced to retire after a back injury, and spiraling into alcoholism, meets and tries to help a woman whose father committed suicide -- or did he? Novel is set among the uber rich of California. As with other Wambaugh books, this one includes police procedures and tales, and memorable characters.
Wambaugh takes Willie and Tess on what seems like a golden trip. Willie is pulled out of the bottle for a while then things began to not be what they seem to be. It's a suspenseful trip, played out among the crowd that is used to money, uses money, and most of all needs money. I enjoyed the trip. This is the first Wambaugh I have read but it will not be the last.
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 Beachcapital 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 leadsstraight 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.
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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--capitol of California's Gold Orange, where wallets are fat, bikini's are skimpy and cosmetic surgery is one sure way to a bilionaire'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, bu to Tess it means the fear of her own fate. And Winnie Farlowe is a man willing to follow her whereever she leads--straight in to 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.
A story combining harrowing suspense, scathing humor and a moving portrait of a man on the brink of self-destruction..
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--capitol of California's Gold Orange, where wallets are fat, bikini's are skimpy and cosmetic surgery is one sure way to a bilionaire'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, bu to Tess it means the fear of her own fate. And Winnie Farlowe is a man willing to follow her whereever she leads--straight in to 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.
A story combining harrowing suspense, scathing humor and a moving portrait of a man on the brink of self-destruction..
