When Hell Struck Twelve, James R. Benn
When Hell Struck Twelve, James R. Benn
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When Hell Struck Twelve

Author: James R. Benn

Narrator: Peter Berkrot

Unabridged: 11 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/03/2019

Synopsis

In the 14th Billy Boyle mystery, US Army detective Billy Boyle and Lieutenant Kazimierz travel into the heart of Nazi-occupied Paris on a dangerous mission: ensure a traitor to the French Resistance unwittingly carries out a high-stakes deception campaign. August, 1944: US Army detective Billy Boyle is assigned to track down a French traitor, code-named Atlantik, who is delivering classified Allied plans to German leaders in occupied Paris. The Resistance is also hot on his trail and out for blood, after Atlantik's previous betrayals led to the death of many of their members. But the plans Atlantik carries were leaked on purpose, a ruse devised to obscure the Allied army's real intentions to bypass Paris in a race to the German border. Now Billy and Kaz are assigned to the Resistance with orders to not let them capture the traitor: the deception campaign is too important. Playing a delicate game, the chase must be close enough to spur the traitor on and visible enough to ensure the Germans trust Atlantik. The outcome of the war may well depend on it.

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 Literary

MAGGIE HOPE MADE ME DO IT! This is my first Billy Boyle, recommended by esteemed historical fiction author Susan Elia MacNeal, who says she loves this mystery series. TRACKING FRENCH TRAITOR I can see why, as it captured my heart and imagination as Boyle, a US Army Detective, is tasked with following......more

Goodreads review by Mike

The latest in the saga of CPT Billy Boyle and it's one of the most action filled, exciting, and suspenseful of the series. Unfortunately it's also a cliffhanger. Can't wait for the next one.......more

Goodreads review by Wendy

This is a wonderful book in the Billy Boyle Series. This time, Billy and Kaz have to go after a traitor in the French resistance. This leads them to Paris, shortly before its liberation. We see the consequences of war in both Billy and Kaz. Billy, for example, finds his right hand trembling, which i......more

Goodreads review by Bebe (Sarah)

Another very well done, tightly executed, superbly plotted story by the best WWII mystery writer around. Readers have followed Benn's wonderfully developed, endearing character Billy Boyle, from his first days in the military in Europe, through many battles, murders, landscapes, intrigues, and horro......more

Goodreads review by Fredrick

Captain Billy Boyle and his partner Kaz are pulled out of a battle in Northern France to aid in a deception plan/sting for the liberation of Paris. After an American officer is murdered, the duo must tread their way through various partisan groups as their secrets become revealed.......more

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