Author: jamesrbenn

“Compelling” (Booklist): In 1944, Army detective Billy Boyle and lieutenant Kazimierz are sent to a hospital in the English countryside — where they find themselves investigating a mysterious murder. “Superlative… This fair-play whodunit stands comparison with the best classic mysteries” (Publishers Weekly starred review).

In the 14th Billy Boyle mystery, US Army detective Billy Boyle and Lieutenant Kazimierz travel into the heart of Nazi-occupied Paris on a dangerous mission: ensure a traitor to the French Resistance unwittingly carries out a high-stakes deception campaign.  August, 1944: US Army detective Billy Boyle is assigned to track down a French traitor, code-named Atlantik, who is delivering classified … delivering classified Allied plans to German leaders in occupied Paris. The Resistance is also hot on his trail and out for blood, after Atlantik’s previous betrayals led to the death of many of their members. But the plans Atlantik…

US Army detective Billy Boyle is called to investigate a mysterious murder in a Normandy farmhouse that threatens Allied operations.   July, 1944, a full month after D-Day. Billy, Kaz, and Big Mike are assigned to investigate a murder close to the front lines in Normandy. An American officer has been found dead in a manor house serving as an advance headquarters outside the town of Trévières. … of Trévières. Major Jerome was far from his own unit, arrived unexpectedly, and was murdered in the dark of night.   The investigation is shrouded in secrecy, due to the highly confidential…

“This book has got it all — an instant classic” (Lee Child). Recruited to be General Dwight Eisenhower’s personal detective, Boston policeman Billy Boyle is plunged into an investigation that could change the course of World War II. “Spirited wartime storytelling” (The New York Times Book Review).