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Number9Dream

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12. Finished "The First Wave" by James R. Benn
Sun Oct 17, 2021, 03:27 PM
Oct 2021

Lieutenant Billy Boyle reluctantly accompanies Major Samuel Harding, his boss, in the first boat to land on the shores of Algeria during the Allied invasion. Their task is to arrange the surrender of the Vichy French forces.
But there is dissension between the regular army, the local militia, and De Gaulle’s Free French. American black marketeers in league with the enemy divert medical supplies to the Casbah, leading to multiple murders that Billy must solve while trying to rescue the girl he loves, a captured British spy.

This was my first Billy Boyle book, and I enjoyed it enough to try the next one. If the WWII period interests you, give it a try.

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Finished "The First Wave" by James R. Benn Number9Dream Oct 2021 #12
Highly acclaimed hermetic Oct 2021 #13
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