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  • Published: 19 October 2021
  • ISBN: 9781569475171
  • Imprint: Soho Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 360
  • RRP: $32.99

The First Wave




The second Billy Boyle investigation

Billy Boyle is dispatched to help arrange the surrender of Vichy French forces in Algeria. But dissension among the regular army, the militia, and De Gaulle’s Free French forces allows black marketers in league with the Germans to divert medical supplies, leading to multiple murders. Billy must find the killers and rescue the woman he loves, a British spy.

  • Published: 19 October 2021
  • ISBN: 9781569475171
  • Imprint: Soho Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 360
  • RRP: $32.99

About the author

James R. Benn

James R. Benn is the author of the Billy Boyle World War II mysteries. The debut, Billy Boyle, was named one of five top mysteries of 2006 by Book Sense and was a Dilys Award nominee. A Blind Goddess was longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and The Rest Is Silence was a Barry Award nominee. Benn, a former librarian, splits his time between the Gulf Coast of Florida and Connecticut with his wife Deborah Mandel.

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