The Rest Is Silence
A Billy Boyle World War II Mystery
The Billy Boyle World War II Mysteries: Book #9
- By: James R. Benn
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 11 hours 43 minutes
Description
When an unidentified corpse washes ashore at Slapton Sandson England’s southern coast, US Army captain Billy Boyle and his partner,Lieutenant Piotr “Kaz” Kazimierz, are assigned to investigate. The Devonshirebeach is the home to Operation Tiger, the top secret rehearsal for theapproaching D-day invasion of Normandy, and the area is restricted; no oneseems to know where the corpse could have come from. Luckily, Billy and Kazhave a comfortable place to lay their heads at the end of the day: Kaz’s old schoolchum David lives close by and has agreed to host the two men during theirinvestigation. Glad for a distraction from his duties, Billy settles into lifeat the family’s manor, Ashcroft, and makes it his mission to get toknow its intriguing cast of characters.
Just when Billy and Kaz begin to wrap up their case, theyfind themselves with not one soggy corpse on their hands but hundreds followinga terrible tragedy during the D-day rehearsal. To complicate things, life atAshcroft has been getting tense: secret agendas, buried histories, and familygrudges abound. Then one of the men meets a sudden demise. Was it a heartattack—or something more sinister?
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Abridged: No
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Abridged: No
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The Rest Is Silence
By: James R. Benn
Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
Length: 11 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
When an unidentified corpse washes ashore at Slapton Sandson England’s southern coast, US Army captain Billy Boyle and his partner,Lieutenant Piotr “Kaz” Kazimierz, are assigned to investigate. The Devonshirebeach is the home to Operation Tiger, the top secret rehearsal for theapproaching D-day invasion of Normandy, and the area is restricted;... Read more »
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