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James R. Benn
In his first-ever collection, the award-winning author of the Billy Boyle World War II mysteries presents an eclectic mix of new and previously published mystery stories rife with historical detail…
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An investigation into a gang of Nazi-affiliated art thieves leads Billy Boyle and his comrades directly into the line of fire at the catastrophic Battle of the Bulge.
An investigation…
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In the eighteenth installment in this fan-favorite WWII mystery series, US Army Captain Billy Boyle investigates a murder in a charming English village, where personal vendettas tangle with wartime espionage.
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The fifteenth Billy Boyle World War II mystery.
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March, 1944. US Army lieutenant Billy Boyle, back in England after a dangerous mission in Italy, is due for a little R&R–and a promotion. But the now-Captain Boyle doesn’t get…
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When an unidentified corpse washes ashore at Slapton Sands on England’s southern coast, US Army captain Billy Boyle and his partner, Lieutenant Piotr Kaz Kazimierz, are assigned to investigate. The…
Secrets trail an American soldier from his Depression upbringing to the cold winter battles in the Ardennes Forest in the last months of World War II and through the postwar…
The thrilling story of men and women caught up in the death throes of Nazi Germany, struggling to maintain those things precious to them-life, an end to killing, and even…
Danger reigns supreme as Nazi Germany braces for a final showdown in this WWII thriller from the author of the Billy Boyle mysteries. On Desperate Ground is the story of…
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An American soldier’s life, from the Depression to WWII and the turbulent 1960s, is told through memory-and a dangerous secret.
Secrets trail an American soldier from his Depression upbringing to…
Freegift Cooper is born enslaved. On his mother's death bed, she reveals his father is the disgraced general, Benedict Arnold.
Freegift vows to find his father and make himself known…
A double murder in a French chateau just after D-Day threatens Allied operations, and US Army detective Billy Boyle is called to investigate.
These dazzling stories show a crime fiction veteran at the height of his career.
In his first-ever collection, the award-winning author of the Billy Boyle World War II mysteries presents…
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In the Pacific during WWII, Billy Boyle must discover if skipper, and future president, Jack Kennedy is a cold-blooded killer.
1943- In the midst of the brutal, hard-fought Solomon Islands…
Private Ethan Shard is part of the US Army of Occupation in Japan, 1950, knee-deep in the black market, getting rich stealing from the Army and selling to Japanese gangs…
Billy Boyle is sent to the heart of the USSR to solve a double-murder at a critical turning point in the war in this latest installment of critically acclaimed James…
In southern France in 1944, Captain Billy Boyle works with French Resistance fighters to protect a Royal Navy Commander, uncovering a wide web of subterfuge and betrayal in the process.
The fourteenth Billy Boyle WWII mystery takes the Irish-American cop to northern France during August of 1944.
In the latest instalment of James R. Benn’s hit WWII-era mystery series, Lieutenant Billy Boyle goes undercover in the Vatican.
Billy Boyle, US Army detective and ex-Boston cop, faces his toughest investigation yet: infiltrating enemy lines in France as the Allies invade Normandy.
Billy Boyle finds skullduggery ashore in Algeria.
Billy Boyle is at the forefront of the invasion of Sicily.
Billy Boyle travels to Northern Ireland to uncover stolen weapons and to keep the disputed zone neutral. But with rogues on both sides, can he succeed this time?
March, 1944- US Army Lieutenant Billy Boyle, back in England after a dangerous mission in Italy, is due for a little R&R, and also a promotion. But the now-Captain Boyle…
A murder in wartime Switzerland reveals Swiss complicity with the Nazis and profiteering during World War II
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Two officers from the American troops stationed in Caserta, Italy, have been found murdered. The MOs are completely different and it seems like the officers had no connection to each…
Norfolk, England, November 1944: After a series of dangerous missions in the South of France, US Army Captain Billy Boyle is finally on leave, and is settling into a peaceful…
Billy Boyle is sent to Soviet-controlled Ukraine to solve a double murder at a critical point in WWII.
It’s September 1944, and the US is poised to launch Operation Frantic…
