Billy Boyle (Billy Boyle World War II Mystery Series #1) Book

I liked the book. But why only three stars? The book was like a song sung off-key. The character voice wavered from hard-boiled to Hardy Boys. Inconsistencies in logic and internal context. The romantic angle was love at first sight by both parties. Some other quibbles like that. At times I thought the author was striving for a YA novel, which is fine, though I was hoping for more Raymond Chandler than Franklin Dixon.

But hey. Clean (very little coarse language, one mild scene of light petting) and a decent mystery, Billy Boyle is a nice read.