Blame the Dead, Ed Ruggero
Blame the Dead, Ed Ruggero
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Blame the Dead

Author: Ed Ruggero

Narrator: Tim Campbell

Unabridged: 9 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/03/2020


Synopsis

Ed Ruggero's Blame the Dead is the thrilling start of an action-packed and timely World War II series by a former Army Officer for fans of compelling historical fiction.

Set against the heroism and heartbreak of World War II, former Army officer Ed Ruggero brilliantly captures, with grace and authenticity, the evocative and timeless stories of ordinary people swept up in extraordinary times.

Sicily, 1943. Eddie Harkins, former Philadelphia beat cop turned Military Police lieutenant, reluctantly finds himself first at the scene of a murder at the US Army’s 11th Field Hospital. There the nurses contend with heat, dirt, short-handed staffs, the threat of German counterattack, an ever-present flood of horribly wounded GIs, and the threat of assault by one of their own—at least until someone shoots Dr. Myers Stephenson in the head.

With help from nurse Kathleen Donnelly, once a childhood friend and now perhaps something more, it soon becomes clear to Harkins that the unit is rotten to its core. As the battle lines push forward, Harkins is running out of time to find one killer before he can strike again.

A Macmillan Audio production from Forge Books

About Ed Ruggero

Ed Ruggero is a West Point graduate and former Army officer who has studied, practiced, and taught leadership for more than twenty-five years. His client list includes the FBI, the New York City Police Department, CEO Conference Europe, the CIA, the Young Presidents Organization, and Forbes, among many others. He has appeared on CNN, The History Channel, the Discovery Channel, and CNBC. Ruggero's previous work includes the nonfiction books Duty First: West Point and the Making of American Leaders and The First Men In: U.S. Paratroopers and the Fight to Save D-Day. He lives in Philadelphia.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennie

I received a free copy of BLAME THE DEAD by Ed Ruggero from Macmillan in exchange for an honest review. I enjoyed the book a lot more than I thought I would. It's a mystery set in Sicily during WWII. Very gritty and raw look at what war looks like in the nurses unit and the doctors who are in charge......more

Ed Ruggero’s novel Blame the Dead was published in March of this year and is absolutely explosive and exceptionally well done. Blame the Dead is first and foremost a historical fiction novel based in Italy during the thick of WWII but there’s a twist. Blame the Dead is not just a wonderfully written......more

Goodreads review by Charlie

What's next? WHAT'S NEXT? That is why I liked this book. It kept me interested in the storyline. It is a WWII story about 'who done it.' Yeah, it is not just about the enemy (Germans) it's about who murdered the doctor and who else knows how many more at the Field Hospital. As you are reading this st......more