Blood Alone: A Billy Boyle World War II Mystery

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Billy Boyle returns in this action-packed adventure set at the forefront of the Allied invasion of Sicily. Billy awakens in a field hospital in Sicily with amnesia. Despite this and numerous attempts on his life, he manages to carry out his mission to enlist the cooperation of the head of the Sicilian Mafia on behalf of the Allies, while foiling a plot by Vito Genovese to counterfeit army scrip.

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Praise for Blood Alone

A harrowing adventure that delivers on suspense and, quite movingly, on emotional registers too.
Megan Abbott

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 IIor just a great storywill love this book.
Joseph Finder

Immediately engaging . . . Blood Alone is an intriguing blend of history and fiction, superbly crafted and paced, easily the best period mystery Ive read in quite some time.
BookPage

A fast-paced mix of action, adventure, and crime solving . . . A solid series that keeps getting better.
Booklist

Another bracing cocktail of period action with a whodunit chaser from the increasingly authoritative Benn.
Kirkus Reviews

A well-engineered tale . . . Recommended.
Crimespree

Author Bio

James R. Benn is the author of ten books in the Billy Boyle series- Billy Boyle, The First Wave, Blood Alone, Evil for Evil, Rag & Bone, A Mortal Terror, Death's Door, A Blind Goddess, The Rest Is Silence, and The White Ghost. A librarian for many years, he lives in Hadlyme, Connecticut, with his wife, Deborah Mandel.