Billy Boyle, Books 1 thru 17 - James R. Benn

Category: Historical Fiction, Military, Mystery
Language: English
Keywords: Billy Boyle WWII Mysteries

Written by James R. Benn
Read by Various
Format: M4B
Bitrate: Mixed
Unabridged

This series of books centers on fictional Boston Police Department detective Billy Boyle. He comes from a family line of cops with Irish Republican leanings. When America enters World War Two his father and others fear he will be killed defending the hated British, as was his uncle in World War One. Calling on family connections they arrange for Billy to be assigned to the staff of a cousin’s husband, a little-known Army officer named Dwight D. Eisenhower. “Uncle Ike”, as he is called in private, is soon promoted and takes Boyle with him as a staff investigator to solve crimes that require not only professionalism but discretion. Far from the safe stateside job his family back in Boston hoped for, Billy finds himself in great danger on every assignment.

The series was visible in the background of the HBO series, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Season 11, episode 1 (timestamp 29:40).

1 Billy Boyle (2006)
2 The First Wave (2007)
3 Blood Alone (2008)
4 Evil for Evil (2009)
5 Rag and Bone (2010)
6 A Mortal Terror (2011)
7 Death’s Door (2012)
8 A Blind Goddess (2013)
9 The Rest is Silence (2014)
10 The White Ghost (2015)
11 Blue Madonna (2016)
12 The Devouring (2017)
13 Solemn Graves (2018)
14 When Hell Struck Twelve (2019)
15 The Red Horse (2020)
17 From the Shadows (2022)