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Blind Eye (Benjamin Justice #5)
Benjamin Justice, a disgraced journalist in his mid-forties, is slowly putting his life back together. Under contract to write his tumultuous life story, Justice is trying to put all the elements of his life into perspective for the first time. When trying to locate his childhood priest, however, he runs into a bureaucratic stone wall. Then his best friend's fiance, a Lost...more
Paperback, 336 pages
Published
November 13th 2004
by St. Martin's Press
(first published 2003)
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I debated over this review. On the one hand, the book really grabbed me and held on, as I finished it in one weekend. On the other, I hate the violence the author perpetrates on poor Benjamin. God hasn't he had enough? Lost the love of his life to AIDS, professionally disgraced, raped and infected with HIV, struggling to maintain while on the HIV regime...
Poor Benjamin puts his life and health on the line to solve a case. There are plenty of twists and turns, although the premise, in the end,is...more
Poor Benjamin puts his life and health on the line to solve a case. There are plenty of twists and turns, although the premise, in the end,is...more
John Morgan Wilson deals with controversial and sometimes uncomfortable subjects in the Benjamin Justice series – pedophilia in the previous book, The Limits of Justice, and the atrocities of priests and the Catholic Church in this one. In addition Ben is a gay disgraced journalist with a myriad of problems of his own. The graphic and often violent sex in the previous books is much toned down here, partially because of Ben's now being HIV positive.
I like Ben as a character and Wilson as a writer...more
I like Ben as a character and Wilson as a writer...more
One of the darkest books yet, with Benjamin Justice chasing down and confronting ghosts of his past when he begins research for his autobiography. Not only does he uncover memories from his own childhood, but discovers that he's not the only one to suffer at the hands of his priest and that the man committed even worse atrocities comes as a shock...
Still, I got sucked into the story fast and furious and the more I read these books, the more I like them. Well written, edgy, intelligent. Ben Justi...more
Still, I got sucked into the story fast and furious and the more I read these books, the more I like them. Well written, edgy, intelligent. Ben Justi...more
A gripping, somewhat darker installment in the Benjamin Justice - middle-aged, life-trodden, HIV-positive, disgraced journalist - series. Disturbing and somewhat more violent, this one takes on the Church's pedophilia scandal. Characters and story line remain generally terrific, even when deeply flawed and not terribly likeable on the one hand and not without a few weaker aspects on the other. In my opinion, one of the most interesting mystery/crime series out there, though not for everyone.
Very good gay mystery in which Ben's been given an advance to write his autobiography and is trying to track down a priest who made a big impression on his preteen self... These mysteries are good, but Ben goes through so much... and so much of it he brings upon himself.
RATING: 3.75
Blind eye just goes a little farther into the dark side and takes a look at the Catholic church covering up for its pedophile priests. Justice, writing his autobiography, opens up a Pandora box when he wants to find Father Blackey. Blackey, it turns out abused dozen of boys and girls until his death. In between the scandal, the construction of a new cathedral, the Cardinal possibly becoming the first American Pope you get a solid thriller with dark overtones.
Love a good detective story. This was first and formost a good story line. The added feature of an openly gay protagonist is a plus.
I have read all John M Wilson's novels of Benjamin Justice; love them all. If you like disgraced journalist, former aloholic who's been through hell and back - mixed in with a little murder, mayhem and suspense, this book is for you!
A pretty good mystery, and fairly interesting & complex characters. Not my usual kind of read, but a good story.
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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.
Series:
* Benjamin Justice
* Philip Damon Mystery
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* Benjamin Justice
* Philip Damon Mystery
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