Evil for Evil

New York: Soho Press Inc., 2009. BU5 - A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by James R. Benn on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has label on the front, wrinkling, chipping and crease on the edges and corners, less than half-inch tear on the back top left side, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book lightly cocked, some bumped corners and dents, wrinkling and chipping on the spine edges, small tear on the top spine edge, some scuffing and light stains on the page edges, some wrinkling and crease on the edges and corners on a few inside pages, light discoloration and shelf wear. A Billy Boyle World War II Mystery. 9.5"x6.5", 325 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. BILLY BOYLE IS SENT BY HIS "UNCLE" IKE Eisenhower to Northern Ireland to find stolen weapon and to prevent the Irish Republic from joining the Axis in World War II. Fifty Browning Automatic Rifles have been stolen from a US army base in Northern Ireland. They might be intended for use in a German-sponsored IRA uprising. Tension runs high between the Republic, which is independent, and Protestant-ruled Northern Ireland, still part of Britain despite its heavily Catholic population. It is in Germany's interest to foment an outbreak of hostilities to divert British and US attention from the continent of Europe. Billy searches for the missing weapons with the help of a beautiful Irish woman, an officer in British Intelligence. Soldiers of the US Army, members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary as well as of local Protestant societies, and local Catholic laymen all come under suspicion. Bodies begin to accumulate, and Billy finds unexpected challenges to his Boston-Irish upbringing and his own IRA sympathies. There are rogues on both sides, he learns.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.