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Next:
the September 2008 release of the newest Billy Boyle mystery.
BLOOD ALONE finds Billy in
Sicily during the Allied invasion, in a field hospital with a
bandaged head and total amnesia. With the Mafia on his trail and framed for murder,
he must discover the secret of who he really is, staying one step
ahead of those trying to find him, unsure of friend
or foe.
Early reviews are in! Read what
authors are saying about Blood Alone:
James Benn is a wonderful writer, and Blood Alone is
terrific. The premise is irresistible, the pacing nonstop, the prose
razor-sharp. Any fan of Ken Follett or Alan Furst, or anyone who
enjoys reading about World War II — or just a great story — will
love this book.
—Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of Power
Play and Paranoia
Teeming with energy, knowing
humor, sorrow and brisk bravado, Blood Alone shows
James Benn has once more raised the game in his Billy Boyle series.
Drawing on many of the murkier passages of World War II history,
Benn sends his appealing and increasingly complex hero on a
harrowing adventure that delivers on suspense and, quite movingly,
on the emotional registers too.
—Megan Abbott (The
Song Is You, Queenpin)

"Benn’s hero is still wide-eyed and bushy-tailed
in THE FIRST WAVE...but his
character has deepened...spirited wartime
storytelling."
- New York Times Book
Review, September 9, 2007
...an action-packed yet soulful adventure...
- Midwest Book Review, March 3, 2008
- Library Journal
starred review, July 1, 2007
Billy Boyle (2006)
A Booksense Pick for 2006, a finalist for the 2007 Dilys Award,
and one of Kirkus
Review's Autumn/Winter Preview 30 "highly anticipated, must-read titles."
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