From the Shadows

Written by James R. Benn

Narrated by Peter Berkrot

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Sep 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9781705075029

James R. Benn

James R. Benn is the author of the popular Billy Boyle World War II mystery series. The debut title, Billy Boyle, was a Dilys Award nominee and one of Booksense’s top five mysteries for 2006. Subsequent titles have received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and Library Journal, and two have been tagged as “Killer Books” by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. Benn lives in Hadlyme, Connecticut, with his wife, Deborah Mandel. For more information, visit his website at www.jamesrbenn.com.

Reviews for From the Shadows

[jetangen4571 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

unputdownable, resistance-efforts, WW2, ex-cop, undercover, action-adventure, us-army, historical-novel, historical-figures, historical-places-events, historical-research, history-and-culture, sly-humor, ETO*****Billy Boyle is a former Boston PD detective whose mother (a relative of Mamie Eisenhower) contrived to have him appointed as an aide to the General in the summer of 1942 instead of being general cannon fodder. Little did they know what reality would become.Now it is autumn 1944 and Billy has seen and done a lot from England to Africa. In the guise of fiction, a number of unpleasant facts about US army and civilian attitudes and practices are aired in this compelling story. I am one of many who hope that these things will remain only in memory. The characters are very real and seem familiar, the research is solid, the plot is full of action and extremely enjoyable.I read the first in series about ten years ago, so now I'll have to go back, and binge read to catch up on everything I've missed!I requested and received a free e-book copy from Soho Press/Soho Crime via NetGalley. Thank you!