From the Shadows is the seventeenth and most recent (2022) in James R Benn's Billy Boyle WWII series. I had kind of lost track of the series, since the books don't often go on sale in e-book, but had an ARC of the previous book (
Road of Bones) last year, and liked it as much as I remembered liking the early ones. Benn does a really nice job of both background and mystery, IMO.
From the Shadows is $2.99 right now in the US and £1.48 in the UK.
Kindle US:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09N6JDY5Y
Kindle US/Smile:
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B09N6JDY5Y
Kobo US:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/from-the-shadows-43
Kindle UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09N6JDY5Y
Kindle UK/Smile:
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09N6JDY5Y
Spoiler:
Quote:
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.
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If you want to read my review of
Road of Bones, the link to my blog is in my signature...