Skip to product information
1 of 1

A Bitter Wind

Publisher: Soho Crime

Contributors:

James R. Benn (Author)

Contributors: James R. Benn (Author)

Regular price $28.95 USD
Regular price $28.95 USD Sale price $28.95 USD
Sale Sold out
Shipping calculated at checkout.
Format
Inventory
In stock

BISAC categories: Fiction -> Mystery & Detective -> Historical

BISAC categories: Fiction -> Historical -> 20th Century

BISAC categories: Fiction -> War & Military ->

View full details

Product Description

To solve a murder at an English airbase, US Army Captain Billy Boyle must immerse himself in the fascinating and secretive world of WWII radio espionage.

Christmas Day 1944: After his last mission put him in the tailspin of the Battle of the Bulge, Captain Billy Boyle travels to southeast England to visit his girlfriend, Diana Seaton, for a brief holiday respite. Diana is engaged in classified work at RAF Hawkinge, including Operation Corona, which recruits German-speaking Women's Auxiliary Air Force members--many of them Jewish refugees from the Kindertransport rescue--to countermand German orders and direct night fighters away from Allied bombers.

It's fascinating and critical espionage work, but it's laced with peril, as Billy finds out. On a scenic Christmas walk along the White Cliffs of Dover, Billy and Diana stumble upon the dead body of a US Air Force officer. In the dead man's pocket are papers with highly confidential information about radio interception operations. Information worth killing over.

As Billy digs into the secret world of codebreakers and radio jammers stationed at Hawkinge, another body turns up. Now Billy must find out what connects these two men--and who was so hell-bent on silencing them. Enlisting the help of his long-time associates, Billy undertakes another thrilling investigation that brings him to war-torn Yugoslavia, where he must rescue an escaped POW who may be the only person who knows the truth.
ISBN-10: 1641296461
ISBN-13: 9781641296465
Author: Benn, James R.
Publisher: Soho Crime

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781641296465

ISBN-10: 1641296461

Publisher: Soho Crime

Publish Date: September 23, 2025

On Sale Date: September 23, 2025

Language: English

Pages: 384

Dimensions: 9.1 × 6.2 × 1.3 in

Weight: 1.4 lbs

Product Reviews