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Title details for The Devouring by James R. Benn - Available

The Devouring

#12 in series

by James R. Benn
Peter Berkrot
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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.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Billy Boyle World War II Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    September 12, 2017

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781501965081
      • File size: 316116 KB
      • Duration: 10:58:34

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      In the twelfth installment of the series, Billy Boyle, the young Boston detective, teams up with Kaz, a Polish baron, to stop Nazis from accumulating, laundering, and hiding their ill-gotten gains in Swiss banks. They're joined by Anton Lasho, a member of the Sinti (Romani) ethnic group, whose family was destroyed by the Nazis. Narrator Peter Berkrot delivers a credible Boyle, complete with Boston accent, and performs a multitude of European and American accents for the other male characters, some of whom are real historic figures. The female characters, however, present more of a challenge for his gruff voice. The listener should be prepared to spend many hours moving from one tense scene to the next in a world turned upside down. E.Q. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

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