This was such an excellent story from a gritty and excellent series. I am really not sure how to review it.I love mysteries and I love stories with gay characters in them. This has a gripping mystery that reveals the underbelly of Hollywood with its desperation of the many who seek fame and fortune, and its hypocrisy and false lives. Benjamin Justice is thrust into this shadow world as he seeks to discover who murdered an aspiring Hollywood scriptwriter.As he does so Benjamin is forced to confront the spectre of Aids which has been haunting him since his lover died of the disease leaving him bereft and adrift. Benjamin is forced to find who murdered the scriptwriter so that a young man falsely accused can die in peace.But this story is not just about uncovering the truth about a murder, it is a story that makes the reader realise that we all have shadow parts of our lives. We all want to believe that we are good and living well but we never really fully know this until we are forced to confront those secret hidden parts of ourselves. I enjoyed this story. I read it slowly and took my time with it instead of devouring it as I normally do. I allowed the heat, dust, glitter and emptiness of Hollywood to soak through me as I read and I had a great reading experience that left me wanting to cheer Benjamin on and also left me wanting to hug and comfort him as he confronts his own fears and the brokeness of his own life.The best part of the story is that even though he is down and hiding, Benjamin is actually tough, dogged in pursuit of the truth and compassionate. I also love this series because Benjamin has a sassy, black, intelligent, determined female reporter colleague and I love the way they both work together and get on each others nerves.This is a great series for anyone who likes gritty mysteries with flawed heroes and thank goodness I still have more in this series to read.
As posted in [http://www.amazon.com]:This is the first Benjamin Justice book I've read. I have to say that I really liked it, next to Michael Nava's Henry Rios. At a party filled with directors, actors, screenwriters and other wannabes, Raymond Farr, a.k.a Reza JaFari, an Iranian actor, is found murdered. Disgraced gay reporter, Justice, has been offered an opportunity to assist Alexandra Templeton in an article regarding the situation. Strapped for cash, Justice has no choice but to participate. Homophobic detective, Claude DeWinter, strongly believes that Raymond's roommate, Danny Romero, is the murderer. Perhaps against his better judgment, Justice falls hard for Danny. Just one problem...Danny is HIV-positive. However, so was Justice's deceased lover, Jacques. It seems that Justice is reliving and amending his past through Danny. Meanwhile, Justice has to help finish this article in time. However, the Hollywood people, especially the bigwigs, are giving Justice the runaround by giving him half-truths and lies. Justice has no choice but to ask blunt questions and to trap his interviewees in compromising situations in order to get the answers he need. Justice may be a disgraced reporter but he sure does know the art of reporting. This book was interesting as it was filled with titles and synopses of old, classic movies. This book was hot in terms of gay sex. Wilson doesn't hold back with sordid details of Justice's sexual encounters with some of the suspects. Whooo...hot! *Revision of Justice* was a good read that not only focused on solving the murder but also on Justice's personal issues on making amends with his past.
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Benjamin Justice series second novel. Approximately a year after the events of Simple Justice, we find Benjamin Justice still the outsider, still struggling with his inner demons. Booze, guilt, self pity, a little depression. Alexandra Templeton, the rookie journalist, now a journalist with a name and some pull, is taping Justice for some help on an article she's writing for a LA magazine about Hollywood's business : the movie. More specifically the writing of movies. This second novel in the series is still a dark, angsty ride. But Justice finds a road to some redemption for his guilt. The plot does use the Hollywood writers paranoia, delusion and big ego nicely, you get some interesting description of life in West Hollywood and a cop that's a lot more than the sum of his dysfunctional parts. I liked it. Looking forward to "Justice at risk" to get here some time this month.
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I'm almost speechless. This is the first book by the author or series I've read. Another series and another author which I'm going to add to my list of "to-reads". What was surprising to me was the detail of sexual encounters he included. While I was shocked for, oh about three seconds, I'm glad to see such titles in the public library no matter what the content. Definitely NOT for the younger generation to read. Besides that, another wonderful author who puts the reader in the present and spins a story that brought tears to my eyes.
—Michael
