One year on from the brutal attack that changed his life, Benjamin Justice struggles to stay alive. A year ago his life had started to come together but all of that changed leaving him with depression, suicidal thoughts and no hope. But life constantly moves and changes and things change once again when he is approached by a young woman (Charlotte Preston) to write a book about an author who had in turn written a book about her deceased father revealing him as a paedophile. Benjamin decides to take up this golden opportunity but a few days after cashing his huge advanced cheque Charlotte calls him to cancel the work and a few days later Benjamin finds her dead in her home from a supposed suicide.But Benjamin knows there is more to this than meets the eye and decides to dig further with the help of his old 'friend' Alexandra Templeton who is now a journalist at the LA Times.And Benjamin does dig deeper uncovering a wide ring of evil and exploitation which eventually through many twists and turns leads him to the murderer.Once again Benjamin drags himself to solve the crime despite his depression, his suicide ideation, his diagnoses, his loneliness and his refusal to accept help. The story reveals more than a crime and a murder, it reveals that the journalist within Benjamin is keeping him alive. As he works to solve the crime, confronting people, dicing with danger, rescuing dogs he slowly edges away from the cliff that he imagines jumping off, slowly, slowly finding his way back to life as well as finding the murderer.This was a great book but also incredibly dark and troubling. Each book in this series gets better and better as we get to see Benjamin and the people around him changing and growing despite all that life throws at them. Benjamin is quite fearless in his attempts to find the truth but often this puts him in incredibly dangerous situations. Again and again he just manages to stay alive but we also get to see him gradually opening himself to the people who care for him and to the potential for love. The story is gripping. The crimes, the misuse of power, the exploitation of the vulnerable, the blindness of the masses all feature here in one gritty and tension filled mystery. An excellent series and definitely one to follow through to the end!
Do You like book The Limits Of Justice (2001)?
I don't actually have the hardcover version of the book; it's a soft cover "bound galley", not for sale.The more Justice books I read, the more disgusted I'm becoming. Benjamin Justice is a despicable asshole because of the horrible way he treats people. He actually takes pride in it, at one point gloating in the fact that he was "ordering" someone to come out and talk to him. And what makes me even angrier is that everyone does it. They may put up a tiny protest, but then they immediately crumple. I'm sorry, Mr. Wilson, but real people don't behave the way your characters do. They don't just unburden themselves to a total stranger who demands it of them.
—Freyja Vanadis
