08630cam a2200865 4500 292307664 TxAuBib 20170515120000.0 ||||||s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781616955120 1616955120 B00R049P0K Amazon 0c5e5203-9e58-43f2-98f7-13ebe7245a0d OverDrive (Reserve ID) 250617 2144453 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Benn, James R. The White Ghost [Libby eBook] : Billy Boyle World War II Mystery Series, Book 10. Soho Press, 2015. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 740kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 740kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. pt-109 motor torpedo boat. Second World War. Solomon Islands. Pacific theater. International. soho crime 25. World War II. Jack Kennedy. billy boyle. Historical. eisenhower. detective. espionage. Military. Pacific. Fiction. mystery. murder . us army. pt boat. series. tulagi. novel. WWII. Was. HTML:In the Pacific during WWII, Billy Boyle must discover if skipper, and future president, Jack Kennedy is a cold-blooded killer. 1943: In the midst of the brutal, hard-fought Solomon Islands campaign between the Allies and the Japanese forces, Lieutenant Billy Boyle receives an odd assignment: he's sent by the powerful Kennedy family to investigate a murder in which PT skipper (and future president) Jack Kennedy has been implicated. The victim is a native coastwatcher, an allied intelligence operative, whom Kennedy discovered on the island of Tulagi with his head bashed in. That's Kennedy's story, anyhow. Kennedy was recovering in the Navy hospital on the island after the sinking of his PT-109 motor torpedo boat. The military hasn't decided yet whether to make him a hero for surviving the attack, or have him court-martialed for losing the boat, and the last thing the Kennedy clan wants is a murder charge hanging over his head. Billy knows firsthand that he shouldn't trust Jack: the man is a charmer, a womanizer, and, when it suits his needs, a liar. But would he kill someone in cold blood? And if so, why? The first murder is followed by two more, and to find the killer, Billy must sort through a tangled, shifting web of motives and identities, even as combat rages all around him. From the Hardcover edition.. HTML:July 20, 2015 Set in 1943, Benn’s intriguing 10th Billy Boyle whodunit (after 2014’s The Rest Is Silence) takes the former Boston cop, now serving as a special investigator on General Eisenhower’s staff, from Morocco to the Pacific, to handle a highly sensitive inquiry involving Jack Kennedy, a U.S. Navy lieutenant who recently survived the sinking of his PT boat. Jack is under suspicion for murder after finding the body of Daniel Tamana, a Guadalcanal native who served as a scout, with his head bashed in on Tulagi, another island in the Solomons. Since Billy has an unpleasant history with the Kennedy family, he has to be extremely careful in assessing the evidence. If Billy incriminates Jack, some people will think he’s taking personal revenge. Tamana proves to be just the killer’s first victim, but the motive for the crimes remains elusive. Benn does a good job of capturing life under the constant threat of Japanese attack—and depicting the Kennedys as flawed human beings.. Publisher's Weekly. "The tension between a murder investigation and wartime action has always been at the heart of this series--How can one killing matter in a world where hundreds die every day?--but here it is ramped up to a new level, in terms of both suspense and character development. Working with recently declassified documents about the Solomon Islands Campaign, Benn spins an absolute corker of a war story. The best of an always satisfying series.". HTML:Bill Ott, Booklist, Starred Review. HTML:"Remarkable . . . Benn's research gives readers a you-are-there feeling about that long ago war, but the strongly developed characters always remain front and center. Readers will assume--with good reason--that our future president will not become the villain in The White Ghost but Benn maintains suspense as we see both the charm and the ruthlessness of Kennedy.". CT News. HTML:"[Benn's] characters are wonderfully drawn, especially his star duo but also in this case also Jack Kennedy, not the easiest historical figure to capture convincingly. And his picture of the world of the Pacific Theater of the Second World War is terrifically evocative . . . The White Ghost [is] a delicious summer hour's read.". Open Letters Monthly. "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. "A complex tale that maps the human cost of warfare in the South Pacific--and delivers a deft portrait of a young Jack Kennedy struggling to recover from the losses of PT-109. Poignant and riveting.". HTML:Francine Mathews, author of JACK1939. HTML:"Page-turning... For avid readers of all things World War II--fact and fiction--author James Benn's 10th suspenseful Billy Boyle mystery novel again provides the captivating mix of both in The White Ghost.". Examiner.com. "Benn does a good job of capturing life under the constant threat of Japanese attack--and depicting the Kennedys as flawed human beings.". HTML:Publishers Weekly Praise for The Rest Is Silence. HTML:"With its very smooth mix of mystery and historical references (with a dash of Downton Abbey), just about everybody will find something of interest in this fizzy retro cocktail.". Library Journal. "This series continues to grow, with the characters adding depth in each episode, and the ever-fascinating historical material dexterously tucked into the plot.". HTML:Bill Ott, Booklist. "One fun aspect among the multiple glories of the Billy Boyle World War II mysteries is the author's clever and creative way of interjecting actual historical figures into the plots.". The Day. "Cleverly told...the book weaves fascinating military facts with obscure historical details about the islands and native life.". HTML:The Arizona Republic. "Billy's 10th case features a delicious premise, a full-bodied portrait of young JFK, and a beautifully textured look at military life in World War II.". Kirkus Reviews. "[W]hiz-bang first-person narrative keeps the story afloat, and its Greatest Generation plot gives it an appealing sense of nostalgia.". Kirkus Reviews. "Riveting . . . Great historical fiction for readers who crave a good mystery as well as a good war story.". Historical Novel Society. "The historical details are stellar in Benn's tenth series outing.". Library Journal. "Billy Boyle gets better and better. This is a must-read series.". Lee Child. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Mystery. Media Type: eBook. 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