From the Shadows

Billy Boyle WWII Mysteries, Book 17

De: James R. Benn

Narrado por: Peter Berkrot

In southern France in 1944, Captain Billy Boyle works with French Resistance fighters to protect a Royal Navy Commander, uncovering a wide web of subterfuge and betrayal in the process.

Southern France, 1944: What should be a simple assignment with a Special Operations Executive officer gets complicated quickly as Billy navigates the tensions between Resistance groups in the process of gathering information on Vichy officials and other collaborators who escaped with the retreating Germans. Unexpectedly, the SOE officer has many enemies in the Resistance, linked to the failed Vercors uprising. Diana Seaton, Billy’s wartime lover, crosses paths with him as she and legendary SOE agent Christine Granville embark on a humanitarian mission on behalf of those killed while helping the SOE.

The search for a witness to a deadly explosion leads Billy to the legendary 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a unit made up of Nisei soldiers that became the most highly decorated unit in the history of the US Army.

With sacrifice and betrayal afoot, Billy doesn’t know who he can trust, or how close to death this case may bring him.

©2022 James R. Benn (P)2022 Recorded Books

Excellent Historical Fiction

Well written and engagingly accurate. The characters are fully realized and the plot skillfully rendered.

Another successful installment

I have enjoyed this series from the beginning. The author has built a great set of characters and always tries to inject some pieces of war history into all his stories. This mystery was no different as the main characters try to track down some shadowy figures from the French resistance before they can inflict more damage. Narration is top notch and the story is interesting. A great listen. If you like the series, you will like this book.

old voices return it's a good book

it's another good book in the series and I listen to the books so the narration is important to me as well as the plot, the narrator he has using for these books brings back the voices of the characters and it's like listening to some old friends. something happened to his Diana voice he needs to check that, the plot itself was interesting had lots of twists and turns and I'm glad that he had some historical information about the 100th battalion and the 442nd as well as including them in the plot they certainly deserve it.

prejudice now and again

very important information that is still not heeded. anti-asian prejudice abounds. US has a very long way to go. confronting all racism is ongoing issue in US.

Great historical fictional account of WWII in Mystery Format - Love the Billy Boyle Series

Great plot, excellent interleaving of historical details from WWII. Another great Billy Boyle mystery. Highly recommend.

It was ok

I had trouble getting into this book. The narrators breathy voice drove me nuts. I fell asleep listening to it several times. It was ok for a free book.