{"product_id":"the-white-ghost-9781616957117","title":"The White Ghost","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the Pacific during WWII, Billy Boyle must discover if skipper, and future president, Jack Kennedy is a cold-blooded killer\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1943: In the midst of the brutal, hard-fought Solomon Islands campaign between the Allies and the Japanese forces, Lieutenant Billy Boyle receives an odd assignment: he's sent by the powerful Kennedy family to investigate a murder in which PT skipper (and future president) Jack Kennedy has been implicated. The victim is a native coastwatcher, an allied intelligence operative, whom Kennedy discovered on the island of Tulagi with his head bashed in. That's Kennedy's story, anyhow. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKennedy was recovering in the Navy hospital on the island after the sinking of his PT-109 motor torpedo boat. The military hasn't decided yet whether to make him a hero for surviving the attack, or have him court-martialed for losing the boat, and the last thing the Kennedy clan wants is a murder charge hanging over his head. Billy knows firsthand that he shouldn't trust Jack: the man is a charmer, a womanizer, and, when it suits his needs, a liar. But would he kill someone in cold blood? And if so, why? The first murder is followed by two more, and to find the killer, Billy must sort through a tangled, shifting web of motives and identities, even as combat rages all around him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames R. Benn is the author of the Billy Boyle World War II mysteries. The debut, \u003ci\u003eBilly Boyle\u003c\/i\u003e, was named one of five top mysteries of 2006 by Book Sense and was a Dilys Award nominee. Subsequent books have received starred reviews in \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and been listed as the\u003ci\u003e Bookpage \u003c\/i\u003eMystery of the Month. Two have been tagged a \"Killer Book\" by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. \u003ci\u003eA Blind Goddess\u003c\/i\u003e is longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and \u003ci\u003eThe Rest Is Silence\u003c\/i\u003e is a Barry Award nominee. A librarian for many years, Benn lives in Connecticut with his wife, Deborah Mandel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Soho Crime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493024108818,"sku":"9781616957117","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2676102f-a334-48fd-87c5-0912396fc531.jpg?v=1730622496","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-white-ghost-9781616957117","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}