…breezy…upbeat…engaging…a demonstrable love of its setting. - Kirkus.Jones of the Bay tells of the misadventures of Gwyn Jones, a police officer in the stranger-than-fiction city of Santa Monica, California, home to drunken movie stars, fitness fanatics, yoga gurus, and more. As Jones pursues justice (but not necessarily the law), he battles his incompetent bosses and spars with his commanding wife Babs, all while trying to grasp the promotion that has always eluded him. Each chapter is a complete mystery with its own twist, building toward the astonishing ending of the final who-done-it.Anyone who likes cozy mysteries will love Jones, and each chapter can be enjoyed in a sitting, with laugh-out-loud jokes, vivid and beautiful descriptions of Southern California in all its variety, and at the center of it all, a tender heart.