Eighteen Wheels is a dark horror fiction of a careful, methodical serial killer (Shane Carver), who preys on his innocent victims along interstate forty, between Western Texas and California beginning in the early two thousands. It is also a psychological thriller and suspense novel depicting some of the victims and other characters being pursued, sometimes escaping; sometimes not. Finally it's a Mystery and Crime story involving Marylyn (escaped victim), a private investigator (Paul Keller), and an FBI agent (Carl Yanz). The three of them are challenged morally and legally in choices that they make in an attempt to identify the serial killer and then put a stop to his killings. - This is not a gory book. A lot of good story and character development with a little gore to keep it interesting. Gets you inside of the head of the main protagonists and antagonist. The book is 303 pages long.

Jeff Jones is a retired program manager, living in St. Peters, Missouri. He is married and has four kids, all of them grown and moved out, or deceased. He has always enjoyed writing, but this is his first attempt at a novel.