John Morgan Wilson
Paperback | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 4.11 | 311 Users | 47 Reviews
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| Title | : | Simple Justice (Benjamin Justice #1) |
| Author | : | John Morgan Wilson |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
| Published | : | September 2nd 1997 by Crimeline (first published 1996) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Romance. M M Romance. Crime. LGBT. Gay. Fiction |
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Following the death of his lover and a scandal involving his Pulitzer Prize-winning article, crime reporter Benjamin Justice has fallen into a hazy, alcoholic reclusiveness, hiding out in the West Hollywood neighborhood known as the Norma Triangle. He is called back to the world of the living by an unexpected, and unwelcome, visit from Harry Brofsky, his former boss. Brofsky wants Ben to do some background work (strictly off the record) with another reporter on the investigation of a seemingly motiveless killing outside a local gay bar.Sucked in for reasons even he doesn't quite understand, Justice finds himself back in the life of gay bars, spurned lovers, dysfunctional families, and tawdry secrets--all the things he had been trying to escape. While fending off passes from his sexy, young female partner, he finds himself falling hopelessly in love with the man he must ultimately nail for murder--a killing that turns out to have far more personal and political implications than a simple bias crime.
Simple Justice is a subtly plotted mystery that takes a piercing look at not only violent crime but violations of the heart and soul in the sometimes glamorous, more often dark and dangerous gay life of West Hollywood.
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| Original Title: | Simple Justice (Benjamin Justice Mystery, Book 1) |
| ISBN: | 0553575325 (ISBN13: 9780553575323) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Benjamin Justice #1 |
| Characters: | Benjamin Justice |
| Setting: | West Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Edgar Award for Best First Novel (1997), Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Gay Men's Mystery (1997) |
Rating Regarding Books Simple Justice (Benjamin Justice #1)
Ratings: 4.11 From 311 Users | 47 ReviewsEvaluate Regarding Books Simple Justice (Benjamin Justice #1)
Stumbled across this book when I was looking for a good murder mystery to read and thank goodness I did because it was a brilliant read ! From the first chapter I was hooked as the writing was excellent (no wonder the author won an award). Premise of the book is a young gay man is murdered outside a gay club and a hispanic youth is found by the body covered in blood who immediately confesses to the murder, the police think it is an open and shut case and close any further investigation. EnterI love a good murder mystery especially one in which the mystery is solved by a disgraced ex-journalist who is also gay and still mourning the loss of his love from six years earlier - Mr Benjamin Justice is that person.An old friend calls in a favour and Benjamin finds himself researching and then investigating the shooting of a young man outside a gay night club. The police think they have the killer because someone has confessed but Benjamin has his doubts and of course the police always get
Real Rating: 2.5* of fiveThe Publisher Says: Following the death of his lover and a scandal involving his Pulitzer Prize-winning article, crime reporter Benjamin Justice has fallen into a hazy, alcoholic life, hiding out in the West Hollywood neighborhood known as the Norma Triangle. He is called back to the world of the living by an unexpected, and unwelcome, visit from Harry Brofsky, his former boss. Brofsky wants Ben to do some background work (strictly off the record) with another reporter
Very good gay mystery set in the mid-90s about a former newspaper reporter who's been working the occasional freelance job to make ends meet since it came out he'd fabricated the story for which he won a Pulitzer. When his former editor tracks him down about working on a story, he doesn't want to... but he slowly gets sucked in.
A violent shooting outside a WeHo gay bar, a very young hispanic perpetrator with hate-crime/gang initiation motivation. The police think it's a cut and dry case. The editorial head of a smaller newspaper drags disgraced and discredited investigative journalist Benjamin Justice back from a booze-tainted existence to help a less experienced female journalist (Alex Templeton) uncover the real facts behind the case.This book does a very credible introduction to a whodunnit series for me. I know it
I love this book, and Mr. Wilson's style of writing is tight and exciting, but his main character Benjamin Justice is an unlikable bastard. He's a disgraced ex-journalist who won a Pulitzer prize six years earlier while working for the L.A. Times but then was forced to give it back when it was discovered that his story was fake. That, coupled with the loss of his lover Jacques due to AIDS, sent him into an alcoholic spiral that he still hasn't recovered from. If it wasn't for his friends Maurice
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