This title is the first in the series about an Army investigator by James R. Benn.
Really enjoyed it, although I thought the prose style was a little creaky, featuring a few too many adjectives in its description. Blind Goddess, a later novel in the series, has a prose style I really enjoyed with more economy in its description.
The plot concerns Allied plans for an invasion of Norway. It won't surprise you to hear that I didn't know any of the details of the invasion of Norway. I had, however, heard of the "Bus," the fishing boats that ran back and forth from Scotland to Norway during the war. I heard it about when I watched Shetland, a BBC TV series based on the novels by Ann Cleeves,
Billy's backstory is part of the charm of this novel. He's a guy who's really never been out of his own backyard, Boston's neighborhoods: Beacon Hill, North End, South Boston, and he finds himself catapulted into Eisenhower's command.
I read this with a book group and they loved it.
Really enjoyed it, although I thought the prose style was a little creaky, featuring a few too many adjectives in its description. Blind Goddess, a later novel in the series, has a prose style I really enjoyed with more economy in its description.
The plot concerns Allied plans for an invasion of Norway. It won't surprise you to hear that I didn't know any of the details of the invasion of Norway. I had, however, heard of the "Bus," the fishing boats that ran back and forth from Scotland to Norway during the war. I heard it about when I watched Shetland, a BBC TV series based on the novels by Ann Cleeves,
Billy's backstory is part of the charm of this novel. He's a guy who's really never been out of his own backyard, Boston's neighborhoods: Beacon Hill, North End, South Boston, and he finds himself catapulted into Eisenhower's command.
I read this with a book group and they loved it.
