The Rest is Silence
James R. Benn
ISBN: 9781616952662
Published: September, 2014
Pricing
Paperback $15.95
Description
The fog of war surrounding D-Day and Operation Tiger provides cover for one of Billy Boyle's grisliest investigations.
When an unidentified corpse washes ashore at Slapton Sands on England's southern coast, US Army Captain Billy Boyle and his partner, Lieutenant Piotr "Kaz" Kazimierz, are assigned to investigate. The D...
The fog of war surrounding D-Day and Operation Tiger provides cover for one of Billy Boyle’s grisliest investigations.
When an unidentified corpse washes ashore at Slapton Sands on England’s southern coast, US Army Captain Billy Boyle and his partner, Lieutenant Piotr “Kaz” Kazimierz, are assigned to investigate. The Devonshire beach is the home to Operation Tiger, the top-secret rehearsal for the approaching D-Day invasion of Normandy, and the area is restricted; no one seems to know where the corpse could have come from. Luckily, Billy and Kaz have a comfortable place to lay their heads at the end of the day: Kaz’s old school chum David lives close by and has agreed to host the two men during their investigation. Glad for a distraction from his duties, Billy settles into life at David’s family’s fancy manor, Ashcroft, and makes it his mission to get to know its intriguing cast of characters.
Just when Billy and Kaz begin to wrap up their case, they find themselves with not one soggy corpse on their hands but hundreds following a terrible tragedy during the D-Day rehearsal. To complicate things, life at Ashcroft has been getting tense: secret agendas, buried histories, and family grudges abound. Then one of the men meets a sudden demise. Was it a heart attack? Or something more sinister?
Media
“This Billy Boyle World War II mystery is an exceptionally written book ... the plot and historical sights and sounds are top-notch. Whether a reader holds WWII books or suspense books close to their heart, this one will be a true find. ”
—Suspense Magazine on The Rest is Silence
“A double-edged sword of a novel. A ripping murder mystery and a meditation on the terrible costs of war—hidden and otherwise.”
—Reed Farrel Coleman, award-winning author of The Hollow Girl
“Benn offers a thrilling mix of fact and fiction in his ninth whodunit featuring Boston cop-turned-army investigator Billy Boyle. The affable and capable Boyle continues to grow as a character, and Benn effectively uses the impending Allied invasion of Europe as the background for the whodunit plot.”
–Publishers Weekly on The Rest is Silence
“[W]hiz-bang first-person narrative keeps the story afloat, and its Greatest Generation plot gives it an appealing sense of nostalgia. ”
—Kirkus Reviews on The Rest is Silence
“This series continues to grow, with the characters adding depth in each episode, and the ever-fascinating historical material dexterously tucked into the plot.”
—Bill Ott, Booklist
“The Billy Boyle World War II mysteries are always a thrilling experience, with historical fact providing a backdrop to a fictional storyline. The Rest Is Silence is another fine example… The camaraderie between all the men in uniform in the face of constant peril is well-depicted, as is the suspenseful escapades that take place away from the war's front-line danger zones. Readers will be anxiously awaiting his next adventure.”