<p>In his novels, Jess Waid draws upon his twenty-two years of experience as an LAPD cop. He worked the streets of Hollywood in the early 'sixties and retired as a Lieutenant II, in Robbery-Homicide Division.<br/><br/>While his works are fiction, many of his characters are based on composites of officers he worked with. His stories, in many instances, are based on actual cases.<br/><br/>Jess and his wife Barbara live in the Guadalajara area of Mexico.</p>
