{"product_id":"billy-boyle-deluxe-edition-paperback","title":"Billy Boyle (Deluxe Edition) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames R. Benn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDeanna Raybourn\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBilly Boyle's illustrious debut as his Uncle \"Ike\" Eisenhower's personal wartime investigator set the stage for twenty years of the critically acclaimed WWII mystery series. This special edition includes a lost prologue, an introduction by the author, and a foreword by Deanna Raybourn.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat's a twenty-two-year-old Irish American cop who's never left Massachusetts doing in the English countryside, eating lunch with King Haakon of Norway? Billy Boyle himself wonders. Back home in Southie, he'd barely made detective when war was declared. Determined to avoid fighting--and possibly dying--for England, he was relieved when his mother wangled a job for him on the staff of a general married to her distant cousin. But it turns out the general in question is none other than Dwight D. Eisenhower, whose headquarters are in London, the epicenter of the Blitz. And Uncle Ike wants Billy to be his personal investigator. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhich is how Billy finds himself lunching with King Haakon in England, where the Norwegians are discussing Operation Jupiter, an Allied offensive in Norway--but is there a German spy amongst them? A theft and two murders put Billy's investigative powers to the test in this spectacular opening to the now-iconic historical mystery series.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames R. Benn\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the Billy Boyle World War II mysteries. The debut, \u003ci\u003eBilly Boyle\u003c\/i\u003e, was selected as a Top Five Book of the Year by Book Sense and was a Dilys Award nominee, \u003ci\u003eA Blind Goddess\u003c\/i\u003e was longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, \u003ci\u003eThe Rest Is Silence\u003c\/i\u003e was a Barry Award nominee, and \u003ci\u003eThe Devouring\u003c\/i\u003e was a Macavity Award nominee. Benn, a former librarian, lives on the Gulf Coast of Florida with his wife, Deborah Mandel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379215954022,"sku":"9781641297844","price":27.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/JlOwDTORXK9781641297844.webp?v=1768918107","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/billy-boyle-deluxe-edition-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}