- Paperback: 236 pages
- Publisher: iUniverse (13 Jan 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0595337716
- ISBN-13: 978-0595337712
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,868,643 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Living with a private investigator can bring an element of danger into one's life as Peter Brandon finds out in this new novel by J.P. Bowie. When his partner Jeff Stevens disappears on a routine trip to meet a friend in LA, Peter's intuition alerts him to the fact that Jeff is somehow being held against his will. Determined to find him, Peter reaches out to his deceased lover, Phillip, through the unbreakable psychic bond that still exists between them.
Traumatized into unconsciousness, he dreams and remembers the life-defining relationship he had with Phillip and the subsequent events that took him almost to the point of death--and back. On waking, and with the certain knowledge that Phillip will aid him in his search, he and his close friends Andrew and David, set out to find Jeff. They enlist the help of Nick Fallon, a NYPD detective, who flies in to help them and together they face a cult of Satanists led by Paul Lefevre, a mad illusionist promising his followers eternal life. Lefevre attempts to take control of Peter's bond with Phillip by holding Peter's mother hostage--a mistake that will cost Lefevre dearly as Phillip exacts a terrible revenge.
A Self-Portrait is an entertaining mix of romance and suspense, of enduring love and friendship, and above all, the human spirit's indomitable will to survive.
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JP Bowie, author of A Portrait of Phillip, A Portrait of Emily, and A Portrait of Andrew was born and raised in Aberdeen, Scotland, and now lives in San Diego, California.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Grows on you!
19 Jun 2005
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Read all 4 books in this series in less than a week. Mystery, supernatural, romance, thriller, this series have them all. The plots are fast and drive you on. Bowie's writing is stylishly simple and to the point. Above all his characters grow on you. One wish to know them from the beginning and at the end they are like your friends whom you are reluctant to part with. The only complaint I have is the flash backs in "A Self-Potrait" which should have been part of the first book, "A Potrait of Philip". But that is just me as I like plots to move forward. Still, "A Self-Potrait" did not lose its impact. Being written in the first person, "A Self-Potrait" is the best of the series and more emotional and the sentimental side of me is wistful for more of Peter and Philip. I hope Bowie will continue with the narrative style in his future effort. Bowie's next effort is something new. I hope this does not mean the end of Peter and his friends.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A wonderful love story
26 Jun 2006
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The story of Peter and Phillip is one of the most endearing romances in the gay literature. I wish it had gone on until they were wearing Depends.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
disappointing compared to his others
27 Feb 2009
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I have read most of the "Portrait" series by JP Bowie and generally like them all. The characters are fun, if a little overly lovey-dovey, and the suspense and plot twists are good without being over the top. But this book was a disappointment to me because it felt like an excuse to write the back-story of Peter and Philip. In "A Portrait of Philip" we get the investigation into the brutal attack on Peter and Philip, and here we finally get their entire back-story, which was very good. My problem comes in the second part of the book, when Peter must use his psychic connection to Philip to find his partner, Jeff. The suspense is centered around the present disappearance of Jeff, and it all felt too crammed in. His other books build the suspense more slowly, but here, because so much of the book was devoted to the Peter-Phililp history, the suspense that takes place in the present is hurried. It seemed to me that the book was not carefully done and by the end I found the action to feel forced and ridiculous. Even the psychic flashes used effectively throughout the other books felt ridiculous by the end of this one. I think Bowie should have made this book solely about the Peter-Philip history, leaving out the hunt for Jeff. Bowie even pulled in Nick Fallon and his partner Eric, from New York (from "A Portrait of Andrew"), and it felt totally forced, like he was purposefully stuffing in characters from another book just for the connection. Again, it just felt forced to me that they would hop a plane from NY to CA to help look for Jeff. I will keep reading Bowie's works, having enjoyed most of the others, but for this book, I would tell his readers to simply read the first half, then put it down.
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