WILSON, JOHN MORGAN — Spider Season

New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008. 0312341482. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0312341482. Publisher's full black paper-covered boards, white lettering on spine. In Edgar-winner Wilson's eighth Benjamin Justice novel, two characters come out of the woodwork after the disgraced 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 Shamed years earlier after his Pulitzer Prize was rescinded because he made up his sources, Benjamin struggles to untangle these two figures' mysterious ties to him.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.. Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, unmarked condition. AS NEW/AS NEW.. Benjamin Justice Mysteries Series. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 296 pp. Fine in Fine dust jacket .