Road Of Bones

Road Of Bones
JamesR Benn
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Hardback
h228 x 152mm
9 Sep 2021 US
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9781641292009
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Billy Boyle is sent to the heart of the USSR to solve a double-murder at a critical turning point in the war in this latest installment of critically acclaimed James R. Benn' s WWII mystery series. It' s September 1944, and the US is poised to launch Operation Frantic,ashuttle bombing mission to beconducted by American aircraft based inGreat Britain, southernItaly, and three Soviet airfields in theUkraine. Tensions are already high between the American and Russian allies when two intelligence agents-one Soviet, one American-are found dead at Poltava, one of the Ukrainian bases. Billy is brought in to investigate, and this time he' s paired, at the insistence of the Soviets, with a KGB agent who has his own political and personal agenda. In the course of an investigation that quickly spirals out of control, Billy is aided by the Night Witches, a daring regiment ofyoung Soviet women flying at night at very low altitudes, bombing hundreds of German installations. It' s a turning point in the war, and allied efforts hang by a thread. Unless Billy and his KGB partner can solve the murders in an atmosphere of mutual distrust, Operation Frantic is doomed.
Praise for Road of Bones"James Benn has done it again with Road of Bones. A real page-turner and enormously entertaining! --Alex Kershaw, New York Times bestselling author of The Bedford Boys"Hats off to Billy Boyle! Like a fine Irish whiskey, James Benn' s series only gets better, and this time there is a most intriguing addition--a regiment of young Soviet female pilots called the Night Witches. " --Susan Elia MacNeal, New York Times bestselling author of the Maggie Hope mysteries "This book had me at Night Witches; James Benn has done it again! Billy Boyle' s return in Road of Bones is an absolute triumph. Sharp, resourceful, and daring, Billy is a hero to root for from first page to last. James Benn brings WWII so vividly to life, you' ll hear the whistle of shrapnel and wish you had a SPAM sandwich. " --Deanna Raybourn, New York Times bestselling author of the Veronica Speedwell series "Outstanding . . . Bolstered by vivid, scintillating descriptions of air strikes and dogfights involving the legendary all-female Soviet air force unit known as the Night Witches, Benn' s high-intensity storytelling shines. This entry will leave fans eager for the next installment. " --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "A World War II supersleuth, deprived of his usual backup, unravels a tangled web of criminality in Russia . . . Benn' s well-crafted series deepens with every installment. " --Kirkus Reviews Praise for the Billy Boyle Investigations Billy Boyle has been to some awesome places in James R. Benn' s adventurous World War II series . . . As historical detective series go, this one is extremely well tended by an author who clearly dotes on his hero. As do we. --The New York Times Chilling echoes of One Flew over the Cuckoo' s Nest and The Prisoner reverberate in every twist and turn of Billy Boyle' s life-or-death mission to unmask a plot in the thick of WWII. --Tom Straw, seven-time New York Times bestselling author writing as Richard Castle "Full of action, humor and heart. " --Louise PennyA fond echo of Agatha Christie or Alfred Hitchcock . . . As always, Benn' s research into this largely forgotten--or even unknown--aspect of the war is comprehensive and evocatively detailed. --The Day "Benn' s Billy Boyle mysteries are always entertaining, filled with riveting characters, and beautifully plotted stories. " --Seattle Post-Intelligencer
James R. Benn is the author of the Billy Boyle World War II mysteries. The debut, Billy Boyle, was selected as a Top Five book of the year by Book Sense and was a Dilys Award nominee, A Blind Goddess was longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, The Rest Is Silence was a Barry Award nominee, and The Devouring was a Macavity Award nominee. Benn, a former librarian, splits his time between the Gulf Coast of Florida and Connecticut with his wife, Deborah Mandel.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781641292009
Published: 9 Sep 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Soho Press
Publisher: Soho Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 228mm
Width: 152mm
Pages:

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