Blue Madonna
  • Published: 15 August 2017
  • ISBN: 9781616958343
  • Imprint: Soho Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $34.00

Blue Madonna

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The eleventh book in James R. Benn's Billy Boyle WWII mystery series

Billy Boyle, World War II US Army detective and ex-Boston cop, faces his toughest investigation yet: infiltrating enemy lines in France as the Allies invade Normandy.

May 1944: Captain Billy Boyle is convicted on spurious charges of black market dealings stripped of his officer’s rank, reduced to private, and sentenced to three months’ hard labor. But Billy is given an opportunity: if he takes on the incredibly dangerous mission of investigating a set of murders at the Allies’ safe house in the French town of Chaumont, he can avoid his punishment. Parachuted in as part of a three-man team the night before the Normandy invasion, he has very little time to find the killer’s identity and lead a group escape back to England, with a whole army of foes nipping at his heels.
  • Published: 15 August 2017
  • ISBN: 9781616958343
  • Imprint: Soho Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $34.00
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Proud Sorrows
The Refusal Camp
From the Shadows
Road of Bones
The First Wave
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Praise for Blue Madonna

Praise for Blue Madonna:

"The suspenseful story line, set on the eve of the Normandy invasion in 1944, will keep readers turning the pages... Benn movingly depicts Nazi cruelties that Boyle and his comrades witness."--Publishers Weekly

"Benn's 11th Billy Boyle mystery has snappy dialogue, satisfying action scenes, and much interesting history about D-Day."--Kirkus Reviews

"This is a thoroughly entertaining, well-told war adventure, and since the book ends on June 5, 1944, we know there's much more to come."--Booklist