By James R. Benn
“ Benn follows up his first global conflict II secret (Billy Boyle) with one other danger-filled episode and gives you a cross-genre story that's right away secret agent tale, soldier tale, and hard-Boyled detective.”—Library Journal (starred assessment)
“The interval information are spot-on and Billy . . . keeps to make a completely enticing detective.”—The Denver Post
“Part Indiana Jones derring-do and half grown-up event novel with spies, black agents, dependable and dastardly French, and the reliably evil Nazis. when you like global struggle II ancient crime novels, you’ll love this one.”—Mystery Scene
“The First Wave is first rate.”—I Love a Mystery publication
“A ‘rattling reliable’ read.”—Rhys Bowen
“A good stick to as much as Benn’s first novel. . . . [I] stay up for his next.”—Robert B. Parker
“What a very good learn, filled with motion, humor and center. . . . equivalent components secret agent mystery, battle tale and homicide secret, with a dollop of romance that’s by no means candy, this is often only a extraordinary e-book. extra please!”—Louise Penny
“Certain to attract WWII fiction fans.”—Booklist
Billy’s job is to aid manage the give up of the Vichy French forces in Algeria. yet dissension one of the average military, the armed forces, and DeGaulle’s unfastened French permits blackmarketeers in league with the enemy to divert scientific offers to the Casbah, resulting in a number of murders. Billy needs to locate the killers whereas attempting to rescue the lady he loves—a British undercover agent.