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Screenscam (Rep and Melissa Pennyworth Mysteries)

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Rep Pennyworth is a junior partner in a major Indiana law firm, but he is not a typical Midwest lawyer. He is content in his relatively low-level position and has no desire for any excitement especially at work. His only exception is his enjoyment for spanking fantasies that he indulges in chat rooms and Internet porn sites.

His quiet lifestyle changes when he is forced to take on Charlotte Buchanan as a client since her father is one of the firm's most important clients. She wrote a novel "And Done No Other's Harm", which was made into movie without her consent or remuneration. What is a simple case of copyright infringement turns into a criminal conspiracy that threatens Rep's life.

SCREENSCAM is a satirical take on legal thrillers that uses humor to enhance the plot. The protagonist is an "everyman" with the concerns and fears that all humans have. That makes the hero accessible and likable to the audience in spite of his fetish, which is the high point of slapstick. Michael Bowen has a refreshing style of writing that will make this author a cult favorite.

I would call a Chinese Food book - great fun while you're reading it but an hour later you're hungry again.

Rep Pennyworth is a lawyer with a semi-naughty sexual proclivity that doesn't make him that likeable. He is called upon to do the bidding of the daughter of a large client - an heiress who wants to sue a movie producer for stealing her story.

My favorite character is Melissa, who he describes as "his literature-addicted wife." Melissa is the one who uncovers clues by reading the script and watching the movie that could give Rep the evidence he needs for the case. Meanwhile she indulges in side chats with university chums about her dissertation on whether Lord Peter Wimsey was gay, and goes "undercover" at a convention for lovers of a certain sexual fetish.

There's blackmail, a helicopter piloting film director, a plot to rig the Oscars, corporate skullduggery and even a subplot where Rep might find his missing mother in the most unlikely of places. It's a romp and worth the investment for a light reading meal or a lit-snack.