Proud Sorrows

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Proud Sorrows (A Billy Boyle WWII Mystery)
by James R. Benn

ISBN: 9781641295994
Softcover, new

Brief Description:
In the eighteenth installment in this fan-favorite WWII mystery series, US
Army Captain Billy Boyle investigates a murder in a charming English
village, where personal vendettas tangle with wartime espionage. Norfolk,
England, November 1944: After a series of dangerous missions in the South
of France, US Army Captain Billy Boyle is finally on leave, and is settling
into a peaceful rest at the country estate of Sir Richard Seaton, the
father of Billy’s British lover, Diana. Seaton Manor is a comfortable
haven, and Billy is eager to spend a few precious days in Diana’s company
pretending the war is far away. Unfortunately, Billy’s leave is cut short
when a crashed German bomber resurfaces off the coast with the corpse of a
British officer in the pilot seat. The nearby village of Slewford hosts a
top-secret military intelligence operation, home to high-ranking German
POWs, and so the crash is a matter of national security. Billy is assigned
by the commander of the POW facility to investigate. After the plane is
discovered, a local villager is murdered—and suddenly what had appeared to
be a failed enemy military operation takes on an even more sinister aspect.
All Billy’s ex-Boston cop instincts are put to the test as he interviews
the grieving, angry, and conniving citizens of this idyllic English country
village in search of the truth.