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Spider Season (Benjamin Justice Mysteries)

by John Wilson

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ISBN13: 9780312341480
ISBN10: 0312341482
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Benjamin Justice was once one of the most prominent and respected journalists in Los Angeles, even the country.  But when it was discovered that he'd invented the sources for his Pulitzer Prize winning series of articles, he lost everything - his job, his reputation, his friends.  Now, many years later, Justice has finally published a memoir revealing the truth behind the events that cost him so much and made him permanently radioactive in the journalism community.  And this book may be his last chance to turn things around, to make a living writing as he'd always wanted.But his memoir brings out more than the truth - it brings out long-forgotten , long hidden ghosts from his past.  And Justice finds himself, and everyone/everything he holds dear under attack.

Review:

"In Edgar-winner Wilson's solid eighth Benjamin Justice novel (after 2006's Rhapsody in Blood), two characters come out of the woodwork after the disgraced West Hollywood reporter publishes a revealing memoir: Lance, a young ex-marine bent on instigating a fight with Benjamin, and Jason Holt, a manipulative middle-aged man with a zealous interest in spiders. Shamed years earlier after his Pulitzer Prize was rescinded because he made up his sources, Benjamin struggles to untangle these two figures' mysterious ties to him. Meanwhile, he has to deal with a former rival reporter, the unscrupulous Cathryn Conroy, who's intent on digging up more truth than he chose to admit in his book. Wilson gives his dynamic hero a laundry list of self-destructive behaviors to work out, but the scenes in which Benjamin confronts either Jason, Lance or Cathryn appear in a systematic rotation for too long before they advance the story." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

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In John Morgan Wilson's "Spider Season," the eighth installment of his series about a disgraced former reporter, Benjamin Justice has finally written the memoir that details his fall from investigative grace and why he had to return his Pulitzer Prize. On his book tour, no one is interested, but back home in Los Angeles, the publication results in a more complicated problem: A failed actor turned stalker... Washington Post Book Review (read the entire Washington Post review)

Synopsis:

Benjamin Justice, disgraced journalist and former Pulitzer Prize winner, finally publishs his autobiography which calls forth a series of threats against himself and everyone he loves.

About the Author

John Morgan Wilson is the author of several novels in the Benjamin Justice series as well as two co-written books with band leader Peter Duchin. He's the winner of the Edgar Award and three-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award for the Benjamin Justice novels. He lives in West Hollywood, CA.

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ISBN:
9780312341480
Author:
Wilson, John
Publisher:
Minotaur Books
Author:
Wilson, John Morgan
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled
Subject:
Journalists
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
Los angeles (calif.)
Subject:
Journalists -- Biography.
Edition Description:
Hardcover
Series:
Benjamin Justice Mysteries
Publication Date:
December 2008
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
296
Dimensions:
8.30x5.60x1.20 in. .88 lbs.

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