02109cam a2200277 4500 611259871 TxAuBib 20230118120000.0 220318s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022012206 9781641292986 HRD 27.95 1641292989 HRD 27.95 TxAuBib Benn, James R, author. From the shadows [BOOK] : a Billy Boyle World War II mystery / James R. Benn. New York, NY : Soho Crime, [2022] 317 pages ; 24 cm. Billy Boyle WW II mystery ; 17 "Following their mission in the Soviet Union, Billy, Kaz, and Big Mike are sent to southern France for what should be a simple assignment: to serve as security for Royal Navy Commander Gordon Stewart, head of the Special Operations Executive's Section F in Algiers. Stewart's mission is to work with Resistance leaders in liberated areas to gather information that will help track down Vichy officials and other traitors who escaped with the retreating Germans. Stewart has received multiple death threats, andthere has already been one attempt on his life in Algiers. Over the course of his investigation, Billy learns that Stewart has many enemies in both the SOE and the Resistance, linked to a fatal Resistance 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 race to find an important witness leads Billy to the legendary 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a unit made up of Nisei soldiers that went on to become the most highly decorated unit in the history of the US Army"-- Provided by publisher. 20230118. Boyle, Billy (Fictitious character) Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 France Fiction. Historical fiction. Mystery fiction. Billy Boyle WW II mystery ; 17.