The devouring : a Billy Boyle World War II mystery / James R. Benn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benn, James R., author.

Series:

Benn, James R. Billy Boyle World War II mystery

A Billy Boyle WW II Mystery

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boyle, Billy (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

Boyle, Billy (Fictitious character).

World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.

World War, 1939-1945.

Murder--Investigation--Fiction.

Murder.

Murder--Investigation.

Genre:

Fiction.

Historical fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

War fiction.

Mystery fiction.

War stories.

Physical Description:

310 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Soho Press, Inc., [2017]

Summary:

"A murder in wartime Switzerland reveals Swiss complicity with the Nazis and profiteering during World War II Billy and Kaz are sent to neutral Switzerland to investigate the murder of a Swiss banking official with ties to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). The US and Swiss governments are about to embark on diplomatic discussions regarding the Safehaven Protocols, which are aimed at limiting the amount of war materials exported by Switzerland to the Nazis, halting the laundering of looted gold, and preventing the postwar use of Nazi wealth for war criminals. With the talks about to begin, the OSS wants their involvement in the murder cleared up, as well as to protect the participants from any threat of violence. The plans go wrong from the beginning when Billy and Kaz crash-land in France. As they make their way through occupied territory to the border, they meet Anton Lasho, a member of the Sinti ethnic group, whose family was slaughtered by the Nazis, and who is, in turn, a one-man Nazi-killing machine. They'll need his help, because as they find once they make it across the border, Swiss banks are openly laundering gold 'harvested' from concentration camps, and those that are profiting will do everything they can to protect their wealth and hide their dark secrets"-- Provided by publisher.

The US and Swiss governments have embarked on diplomatic discussions regarding the Safehaven Protocols, aimed at limiting the amount of war materials exported by Switzerland to the Nazis. When a Swiss banking official is murdered, the OSS wants the case cleared up. Plans go wrong from the beginning when Billy and Kaz crash-land in France. Making their way through occupied territory; they make it across the border to find that Swiss banks are openly laundering gold 'harvested' from concentration camps. And those that are profiting will do everything they can to protect their wealth and hide their dark secrets.

ISBN:

9781616957735

1616957735

OCLC:

966873363

Publisher Number:

99973683383