Sex, Drugs, Polygamy and War with Mexico combine in this second novel in the Tom Gay Series. In The Mormon Cartel the LAPD Hollywood Detective turned lawyer and his Policewoman sidekick take on the Mexican cartels, and launch a military invasion of Old Mexico. The Mormon Church is in the thick of things. Just how thick is a surprise. At the height of the Watts Riots of 1965, author Edward L (Ned) Pinhey and his Narcotics Division Partner vow to become lawyers. Both make it. The former LAPD Hollywood Detective graduates from Law School Cum Laude and is admitted to the California Bar. He is a practicing lawyer, Administrator of the Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs, and Operations Officer and Director of a Public Corporation. Pinhey retires to Three Rivers, California after losing his hearing. . This is Pinhey's second novel featuring Lawyer Tom Gay and Policewoman Traci Timmons; the third book in the series is titled The Managua Connection and is in the works. He is also the author of Ned's Story, an autobiography.