{"product_id":"the-ninth-circle-billy-boyle-wwii-mystery","title":"The Ninth Circle (Billy Boyle WWII Mystery)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJames R. Benn \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the Billy Boyle World War II mysteries. The debut, \n\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, \n\u003ci\u003eA Blind Goddess\u003c\/i\u003e was longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Rest Is Silence\u003c\/i\u003e was a Barry Award nominee, and \n\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Ninth Circle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Capt. Billy Boyle's latest World War II mystery begins with a literal bang . . . in an explosive foreshadowing of the crazy caper to come . . . A colorful history lesson embedded in a brisk action tale.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"James Benn's latest is a scintillating mystery set against the passion \n\u003cbr\u003eand intrigue of World War II. Full of excitement and poignancy, a great \n\u003cbr\u003eread!\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--S.A. Cosby, author of \u003ci\u003eKing of Ashes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for James R. Benn\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Spirited wartime storytelling.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A fast-paced saga set in a period when the fate of civilization still hangs in the balance.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A meaty, old-fashioned, and thoroughly enjoyable tale of WWII-era murder and espionage.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This book has got it all--an instant classic.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Lee Child\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTo solve a double murder in Cuba, US Army Captain Billy Boyle will need to build unlikely alliances with Havana's underworld and British intelligence, including Lieutenant Commander Ian Fleming, whose naval wartime service would later inspire the James Bond novels. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis installment of James R. Benn's fan-favorite, critically-acclaimed WWII mystery series marks 20 years of Billy Boyle, an Irish American cop from Boston thrust onto the staff of his \"uncle\" Ike Eisenhower for sensitive overseas military investigations.\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJanuary, 1945: If US Army Captain Billy Boyle thinks a summons to Havana will give him a chance to sip a cold Hatuey under the Caribbean sun, the fantasy is dead on arrival. Within hours of landing, Billy and his partner-in-crime-solving, Lieutenant Piotr Kazimierz, are assigned to investigate the murder of a Navy intelligence officer. But as the men wait for an informant at a beachside bar, a bomb goes off, and they narrowly escape with their lives. Then the informant--a Cuban taxi driver named Hector Díaz--is found dead outside his apartment. What did Hector know? And who was so desperate to silence him? \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrust into a double-murder investigation, Billy and Kaz team up with the brass at the British Legation in Havana, including none other than Lieutenant Commander Ian Fleming, to gather intel from sources inside Havana's criminal underworld. Their search takes them from Havana's Chinatown to the Gran Casino Nacional, where notorious gangster Meyer Lansky offers his services if it means defeating the suspected common enemy--the Sicherheitsdienst, the intelligence wing of the Nazi military--and finding out what sort of intelligence they are so hell-bent on keeping top-secret at this late stage in the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 07\/01\/2026 (EAN 9781641297486, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Soho Crime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496055898390,"sku":"9781641297486","price":35.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9781641297486.jpg?v=1783052027","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ninth-circle-billy-boyle-wwii-mystery","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}