James R. Benn is the author of the Billy Boyle World War II mysteries. The debut, Billy Boyle, was named one of the top five mysteries of 2006 by Book Sense and was a Dilys Award nominee. Subsequent books have received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and Library Journal, and been listed as the Bookpage Mystery of the Month. Two have been tagged as a "Killer Book" by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. A librarian for many years, Benn lives in Hadlyme, Connecticut, with his wife, Deborah Mandel.
Billy Boyle (Billy Boyle World War II Mystery Series #1)
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- ISBN-13: 9781616953553
- Publisher: Soho Press, Incorporated
- Publication date: 08/13/2013
- Series: Billy Boyle World War II Mystery Series , #1
- Pages: 384
- Sales rank: 53,048
- Product dimensions: 5.16(w) x 7.38(h) x 1.10(d)
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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.
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—The New York Times Book Review
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—Lee Child
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—The Seattle Times
"The Billy Boyle novels have quickly established themselves as best in class ... historical mysteries that seamlessly blend fact with fiction, are replete with period details, incorporate an engaging, intricate, and suspenseful story."
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