Blood Alone

"Spirited wartime storytelling. Benn allows Boyle's experiences to change him in ways both subtle and dramatic."-The New York Times Book Review"A convincing blend of fact and fiction."-Publishers Weekly"Immediately engaging. . . . Superbly crafted and paced."-BookPage, Mystery Pick of the MonthBilly awakens in a field hospital in Sicily with amnesia. Despite this and numerous attempts on his life, he manages to carry out his mission to enlist the cooperation of the head of the Sicilian Mafia on behalf of the Allies. He also foils a plot by Vito Genovese to counterfeit army scrip.

James R. Benn is the author of ten books in the Billy Boyle series: Billy Boyle, The First Wave, Blood Alone, Evil for Evil, Rag & Bone, A Mortal Terror, Death’s Door, A Blind Goddess, The Rest Is Silence, and The White Ghost. A librarian for many years, he lives in Hadlyme, Connecticut, with his wife, Deborah Mandel.