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Evil for Evil: a Billy Boyle World War II Mystery

by James R. Benn


Lieutenant Billy Boyle was a detective on the Boston Police Force before he joined the army. He now serves under his uncle General Eisenhower. When the General has a problem that can not be solved through regular channels, Billy gets the assignment. In this his fourth adventure, Billy is sent to Northern Ireland. He is to investigate the theft of 50 Browning automatic rifles and ammunition. Was the theft the start of a German backed Irish uprising? Was it the start of a campaign by the IRA to unite both parts of Ireland? Billy has ties to the ould sod through his father and uncles. Billy finds himself working under suspicion by Catholics, Protestants, and the British. No one seems to be telling him the truth. Soon murders complicate the search for the missing guns. While he tries to solve the case, he learns that the picture of Ireland that he grew up with does not match what he sees. Good series for readers interested in little known incidents of World War II.