Billy Boyle WWII Mysteries
An investigation into a gang of Nazi-affiliated art thieves leads Billy Boyle and his comrades directly into theline of fire at the catastrophic Battle of the Bulge.Winter 1944: Months after the Liberation of France, ex-Boston cop Billy Boyle finds himself in a Paris reelingfrom the carnage it has endured but hopeful that an end to war is in sight. When Billy finds a rare piece ofartwork after a tense shoot-out in the Père Lachaise Cemetery, he thinks it could be connected to the Syndicatdu Renard, a shadowy network of Nazi sympathizers known to be smuggling stolen artwork out of France.Trailing the Syndicat, Billy discovers that someone with a high level of communications clearance—someonein the Phantom regiment of the British Army—may be using his position to aid the thieves. Billy, determinedto stop the abettor, heads up to the frontlines where he experiences a last-ditch battle against overwhelmingodds. There, the ruinous Battle of the Bulge unfurls in the Ardennes Forest. Can Billy and his team survive thebracing onslaught and return the stolen artwork to its rightful protectors?
