02188cam a2200313 i 4500 950211187 TxAuBib 20230919120000.0 230130s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023003249 9781641294157 HRD 27.95 1641294159 HRD 27.95 TxAuBib rda Benn, James R, author. Proud sorrows [BOOK] / James R. Benn. New York, NY : Soho Crime, [2023] 344 pages : illustration ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Billy Boyle World War II mystery, A Norfolk, England, November 1944: After a series of dangerous missions in the South of France, US Army Captain Billy Boyle is finally on leave, and is settling into a peaceful rest at the country estate of Sir Richard Seaton, the father of Billy’s British lover, Diana. Seaton Manor is a comfortable haven, and Billy is eager to spend a few precious days in Diana’s company pretending the war is far away. Unfortunately, Billy’s leave is cut short when a crashed German bomber resurfaces off the coast with the corpse of a British officer in the pilot seat. The nearby village of Slewford hosts a top-secret military intelligence operation, home to high-ranking German POWs, and so the crash is a matter of national security. Billy is assigned by the commander of the POW facility to investigate. After the plane is discovered, a local villager is murdered—and suddenly what had appeared to be a failed enemy military operation takes on an even more sinister aspect. All Billy’s ex-Boston cop instincts are put to the test as he interviews the grieving, angry, and conniving citizens of this idyllic English country village in search of the truth. Provided by publisher. 20230919. Boyle, Billy (Fictitious character) Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Fiction. Mystery fiction. War fiction. A Billy Boyle World War II mystery.