Pismo Beach, California (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)

"They found no other sign of the body, and the cops, talking among themselves, agreed that the prevailing currents would probably carry the body up the coast to Pismo Beach. “We’ll find him,” one said, “in about a week or so. Or at least, what’s left by the great whites.”"

"The body of millionaire financier George Morton had washed up on the shore near Pismo Beach."

"Lifeguards in Pismo made the discovery, called the police. The police ID’d him from the clothes."