At the height of WWII, Billy Boyle, US Army Captain and detective, finds himself investigating the dark side of a charming English village when a military accident reveals a premeditated murder
Norfolk, England, November 1944: After a series of dangerous missions in the South of France, US Army Captain Billy Boyle is finally on leave, and is settling into a peaceful rest at the country estate of his British lover, Diana Seaton. Seaton Manor is a comfortable haven, and Billy is eager to spend a few precious days in Diana's company pretending the war is far away.
Unfortunately, that illusion doesn't hold for long: the village hosts a top-secret military intelligence operation, home to high-ranking German POWs. When a crashed German bomber resurfaces off the coast with the corpse of a British officer in the pilot seat, Billy is assigned by the commander of the POW facility to investigate. After the plane is discovered, a local villager is murdered—and suddenly what had appeared to be a failed enemy military operation takes on an even more sinister aspect. All Billy's ex-Boston cop instincts are put to the test as he interviews the grieving, angry, and conniving citizens of this idyllic English country village.
At the height of WWII, Billy Boyle, US Army Captain and detective, finds himself investigating the dark side of a charming English village when a military accident reveals a premeditated murder
Norfolk, England, November 1944: After a series of dangerous missions in the South of France, US Army Captain Billy Boyle is finally on leave, and is settling into a peaceful rest at the country estate of his British lover, Diana Seaton. Seaton Manor is a comfortable haven, and Billy is eager to spend a few precious days in Diana's company pretending the war is far away.
Unfortunately, that illusion doesn't hold for long: the village hosts a top-secret military intelligence operation, home to high-ranking German POWs. When a crashed German bomber resurfaces off the coast with the corpse of a British officer in the pilot seat, Billy is assigned by the commander of the POW facility to investigate. After the plane is discovered, a local villager is murdered—and suddenly what had appeared to be a failed enemy military operation takes on an even more sinister aspect. All Billy's ex-Boston cop instincts are put to the test as he interviews the grieving, angry, and conniving citizens of this idyllic English country village.