Review: Billy Boyle

 So this is the first of 16 Billy Boyle novels by James Benn, so I can definitely say I'm fashionably late to the party. I'll just keep this short before plunging into the next one, since there are plenty more reviews to choose from. 

I'll just say that if you want to learn the history of W.W. II from an insider's point of view, while simultaneously being entertained by a murder mystery, you probably can't do better than Billy Boyle, Ike's nephew by marriage, who's not too bright but has good instincts, trained by his Boston cop father, and is trying very hard to stay alive --but not so hard that we aren't treated to Benn's specialty, military action scenes so sharp and clear that you're likely to be dodging bullets throughout. till by the end you're just glad to be alive. Highly recommend.

Billy Boyle can be found here on Amazon.