FreeForm

<p>A gay noir thriller set in the criminal underworld of Glasgow Scotland <em>FreeForm</em> introduces a tough closeted gay cop Detective-Sergeant Jas Anderson. A passionate sometimes violent anti-hero Jas is suspended from duty for assaulting a child molester Jimmy Mygo. Jas shares a flat and his life with Leigh - a younger blond nipple-pierced pony-tailed Slavic-featured man who urges him to come out. Jimmy's brothers ne'er-do-wells at best are suspected of plotting revenge for the beating ... but it is his lover who is found brutally murdered in Jas's bed. </p><p><br></p><p>Now on the run and struggling to clear his name Jas uncovers Leigh's involvement in a blackmail ring and even his lover's identity becomes confused. Film-noir in inspiration vividly characterised and authentically exposing the raw nerves of 1990s Britain <em>FreeForm</em> is pure suspense to its final pulse-pounding closing pages.</p><p><br></p><p>Originally published in 1998 this edition includes a foreword by Clive King.</p><p><br></p><p>Intricate plots which combine elements of the hard-boiled and the intensely erotic - <em>Gay Times</em></p><p><br></p><p><em>FreeForm</em> is excellently plotted incorporating all the elements of noir but without making it predictable. Indeed I did not see that ending coming. A great read. - Oliver Bosman</p><p><br></p><p>A reflection of the darker side of our desires - <em>Gay Scotland</em></p><p><br></p><p>More than any other sleuth Jas Anderson demonstrates the complex circuitry that connects brain heart and penis and exemplifies how the power of the last can sometimes short-circuit the other two ... In the course of his discovery they become a projection of the darkness that Jas feels residing within himself a darkness that he must confront before he can become a complete human capable of connecting fully with others. Jas's struggle to accept love and its obligations provides the heart of the trilogy. - Drewey Wayne Gunn <em>Gay Male Sleuth in Print and Film</em></p><p><br></p><p>One of the most promising talents in the recent crop of gay fiction authors - Gary Bowen <em>Diary of a Vampire</em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>