Jason Keltner (Show Control, Write Way, 1996) is a long-haired musician, mostly unemployed, who lives in an aging Pasadena boarding house.

Hired to babysit Paul, a former friend turned suspicious character, Jason suddenly finds his life moving into fast-forward. He and Paul witness the death of an alcohol-loving computer whiz, they narrowly escape death at the hands of three goons, and Jason nearly wrecks his decrepit car chasing two similar thugs. The cast of multicultural misfits inspires a great deal of mostly successful humor, at times dry, inane, witty, and slapstick. Jason's spontaneous, often insane antics will appeal to most readers, especially those who enjoy Donald Westlake's comic mysteries.