James R. Benn

A BLIND GODDESS, the 8th Billy Boyle WWII mystery. Release date: September 3, 2013.


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SOUVENIR is a novel of memory, identity and loss. Clay Brock is trying to forget. Forget a harsh childhood during the Depression, horrific combat in the frigid Adrennes Forest, and a terrible personal loss. But as he finds, as a young father in the 1960s and as an old man in a new and unfamiliar century, those moments of the past have not stood still.

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Billy Boyle World War II Mystery Series
From the Mysterious Review, on Death's Door: "The 'Billy Boyle, World War II' mysteries are among the most consistently well written and researched crime novels published today, and are highly recommended."
"Taut pacing and great characters." --Crimespree Magazine
"An utterly splendid novel."
--Cornelia Read
"James Benn is a wonderful writer, and Blood Alone is terrific."
--Joseph Finder
"A solid follow up to Benn's first novel, The First Wave makes me look forward to his next."
--Robert B. Parker
"This book has got it all - an instant classic." --Lee Child "Benn's novel flashes through the mind like celluloid images of Leslie Howard, Greer Garson and Peter Lorre" --The Guardian
"A thrilling, fast-paced book..." Mystery Scene Magazine.

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