Billy Boyle

A World War II Mystery

James R. Benn

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Soho Press Inc
15 August 2013

Crime & Mystery

First book in a fan-favorite Soho series, now available as a $9.99 reissue.

What's a twenty-two-year-old Irish American cop who's never been out of Massachusetts before doing at Beardsley Hall, an English country house, having lunch with King Haakon of Norway? Billy Boyle himself wonders. Back home in Southie, he'd barely made detective when war was declared. Unwilling to fight-and perhaps die-for England, he was relieved when his mother wangled a job for him on the staff of a general married to her distant cousin. But the general turns out to be Dwight D. Eisenhower, whose headquarters are in London, which is undergoing the Blitz. And Uncle Ike wants Billy to be his personal investigator.

Billy is dispatched to the seat of the Norwegian government in exile. Operation Jupiter, the impending invasion of Norway, is being planned, but it is feared that there is a German spy amongst the Norwegians.

Billy doubts his own abilities, with good reason. A theft and two murders test his investigative powers, but Billy proves to be a better detective than he or anyone else expected.

By: James R. Benn
Imprint: Soho Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 191mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 303g
ISBN: 9781616953553
ISBN 10: 1616953551
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 15 August 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

James R. Benn is the author of the Billy Boyle World War II mysteries. The debut, Billy Boyle, was selected as a Top Five book of the year by Book Sense and was a Dilys Award nominee, A Blind Goddess was longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, The Rest Is Silence was a Barry Award nominee, and The Devouring was a Macavity Award nominee. Benn, a former librarian, lives on the Gulf Coast of Florida with his wife, Deborah Mandel.

Reviews for Billy Boyle: A World War II Mystery

Praise for the Billy Boyle series This book has got it all--an instant classic. --Lee Child Spirited wartime storytelling. --The New York Times Book Review A meaty, old-fashioned, and thoroughly enjoyable tale of WWII-era murder and espionage. --The Seattle Times A fascinating mystery with the sensibility of a World War II movie. --Sacramento News & Review It is a pleasure marching off to war with the spirited Billy Boyle. He is a charmer, richly imagined and vividly rendered, and he tells a finely suspenseful yarn. --Dan Fesperman One of the best books I've read this year. --Mystery Scene The sense of place is sensational, a wonderful backdrop to this complex and intriguing story. --Mystery News