The First Wave: A Billy Boyle World War II Mystery - Hardcover

Benn, James R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1569474710 ISBN 13: 9781569474716

Publisher: Soho Pr Inc, 2007

Synopsis

In November of 1942 the Allies are poised to liberate Algeria from the Vichy French regime, a client state of Nazi Germany. This, it is hoped, will squeeze Rommel's Africa Korps between two forces and sweep him from North Africa. But no one knows whether the French will greet the Americans as friends or foes.
Based on family connections rather than experience, Billy Boyle, a young Irish-American cop from Boston, has become General Dwight D. Eisenhower's personal investigator. Now he goes ashore with the first wave of American troops to land on the Beer Green invasion beach, sixteen miles from the Algerian capital. Once in Algiers, he encounters SOE Agent Diana Seaton, the English girl with whom he has fallen in love, among a group of French rebels captured by the French fascist militia. While solving a series of murders of American and French soldiers, Billy must rescue her from renegade Vichy collaborators who have abducted her and are holding her prisoner.

About this title

About the Author

James R. Benn is the author of Billy Boyle: A World War II Mystery and The First Wave, selected by Book Sense as one of the top five mysteries of 2006 and nominated for a Dilys award. He is a librarian and lives in Hadlyme, Connecticut.

Edition details

• Publisher: Soho Pr Inc
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1569474710
• ISBN 13: 9781569474716
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 294