Blue Madonna

Name: Blue Madonna
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: James R. Benn
ISBN: 9781501932199

Author: James R. Benn

Series: Billy Boyle WWII Mysteries #11

Narrator: Peter Berkrot

Unabridged: 10 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/13/2016

Categories: Fiction, Western, Historical Fiction, Mystery & Detective, International Crime & Mystery

Synopsis

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.

About James R. Benn

James R. Benn is the author of the Billy Boyle World War II Mystery series, which includes the novels Billy Boyle, The First Wave, Blood Alone, Evil for Evil, Rag and Bone, and A Mortal Terror. A librarian for many years, he now writes full time and lives in Hadlyme, Connecticut.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Wendy

3.5* I like how this book started, with Billy being brought to court martial with him not knowing why. Then he is sent to France on D-day to find a group of airmen hiding at a chateau. That's also where Diana, Billy’s girlfriend is working with the French Resistance. However, I did not find the plot......more

Goodreads review by Jay

As BLUE MADONNA, author James R. Benn's 11th Billy Boyle World War II mystery series, opens readers are instantly confronted with the titular hero being arrested, tried and found guilty on charges of embezzling goods from the U.S. Army. He's sentenced to hard labor and about to be shipped off to ser......more

Goodreads review by Bebe (Sarah)

Robust and Memerizing Benn continues to deliver taut, authentic, and poignant WWII tales in this new entry of the Billy Boyle series. Each book gives the reader new perspectives on not just the war action in numerous locales, but the back stories of murder, theft, espionage and more. Very few authors......more