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A Mortal Terror by James R. Benn
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A Mortal Terror

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Narrator Peter Berkrot
Length 11 hours 10 minutes
Language English
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Two officers from the American troops stationed in Caserta, Italy, not far from Naples, have been found murdered. The MOs are completely different, and it seems like the officers had no connection to each other, but one frightening fact links the murders: each body was discovered with a single playing card: the lieutenant, the ten of hearts; the captain, the jack of hearts. The message seems to be clear: if the murderer isn't apprehended, the higher ranks will be next. Billy is sent to Italy for the investigation, which grows increasingly sinister. But he has other things on his mind, too. His girlfriend, Diana, is on a very dangerous spy mission, and Billy doesn't know when—or if—he'll see her again. To make matters worse, Billy's just learned that his baby brother, Danny, is being sent to Europe as an infantry replacement, an incredibly dangerous assignment. And all around him, he sees GIs suffering from combat fatigue preparing for another battle. As the invasion at Anzio begins, Billy needs to keep a cool head amid fear and terror as the killer calculates his next moves.

James R. Benn is the author of the Billy Boyle World War II Mystery series, which includes the novels Billy Boyle, The First Wave, Blood Alone, Evil for Evil, Rag and Bone, and A Mortal Terror. A librarian for many years, he now writes full time and lives in Hadlyme, Connecticut.

Peter Berkrot, a forty-year veteran of stage and screen, has voiced over four hundred and fifty audiobook titles, winning Earphones Awards, a 2012 Audie Award nomination, and a 2016 Audie Award.

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Reviews

“A thrilling, fast-paced book...Benn skillfully blends the mystery of the murders and the violence of the war into one fantastic, satisfying whole.”

“Benn does a superb job of simultaneously capturing the personal anguish of war and creating a splendid adventure novel.”

“Solid wartime adventure, well grounded in historical detail, and boasting a challenging mystery to boot.”

“A fast-paced saga set in a period when the fate of civilization still hangs in the balance. As Boyle reflects after a fleeting assignation with his English girlfriend, an always-in-danger secret agent: ‘We laughed, but I can’t say we were happy…We slept, but could not rest.’”

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