Bad Planning is James Gaston’s first venture into the mystery genre. As a young man, Jim was a city planner for eleven years in Texas and Washington State before doing his graduate work. He has taught management and public administration courses at the university level for twenty years. Jim has written dozens of articles for association publications over the span of three careers. He also coauthored a personnel development book for the fire service. Fire Officer Coaching, 2nd Edition, is available from Amazon.