J.P. Bowie has a way to take the most classical stories, usually not at all funny, and infuses them with an happy tone. Last time were two vampire stories, with a bit of horror, but never "horrific". This time is a thriller.

John is a Native American 25 years old guy that, guess what?, plays the role of the Native American in low budget movie production. But this time the director manages to have a big name as main actor, Greg Mathis, an handsome and friendly guy, so handsome and friendly that, after their scene together, invites John over his trailer and in a blur they are having sex. Greg, real name Al, is a gay in the closet, and when they are not alone, he still behaves like John is only another wanna-to-be actor. And when John agrees to meet Al in a motel, he ends drugged in a bed with a corpse in the bathroom, and the police outside who thinks he is the murderer. It's a set up, and John can do very little to prove his innocence. Luckily the detective on the case believes him, better, he is a very handsome and nice guy, Mark, who not only let him go, he also accepts to go on a date with John and then... well they know each other way better.

But John has still to prove that he is innocent and that Al is the real bad man...

The story is not very long, less than 80 pages, but it's pretty funny. I don't know if it was the real intention of the author, but I can't help to smile at John and his innocence: he is like a child in a candy store, and when he sees a man candy he likes, his brain seems to take another path than his body... And he is also so innocent that he has to bang more time his head against the wall before realizing that Al is the bad guy. But still he is too cute, you can't not love him, and this is the same reaction Mark has: John is his only suspect, but he knows in his gut that John is innocent (how can you see him and don't think that he is innocent?) and so Mark has to find the real murderer, to free John and to have a chance of a future with him.

In the story John is almost a one man hero: Mark makes his appearance well along in the book, and he has not many chance to let the reader knows him, so it would not be a bad idea to have more about this two, to know better also Mark. Easy and enjoyable reading, fast and smooth.