E. G. "Joe" Jones grew up in Palm Springs, California where he started his career in law enforcement, a police Detective for almost ten years. He then opened his own Private Investigation firm. Aside from major civil litigation's, he worked on sixteen murder cases, seven of which involved the Death Penalty. Now retired, he divides his time between Panama and the United States. Having finished Unsanctioned and Temple, he is now working on his third novel, Serial . . . all three are "Ed Bailey" and "Diane Quintero" adventures