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This is the sixteenth in the October Daye urban fantasy series by Seanan McGuire. She's been building this rich, interesting series and illuminating its various nooks and crannies for quite some time. As a result, each new entry in the series (which arrive like clockwork every fall) works as much like a very enjoyable visit with old friends as it does like a book. The downside of that is that there's only so far she can go -- we want to recognize those old friends after all. But, she does a good job of keeping her characters growing and changing and, as a result, interesting. As expected, a very enjoyable read.

This series imagines Billy Boyle, Boston copy and nephew(ish) of Dwight Eisenhower on Ike's staff looking into crimes ranging from murder to smuggling and espionage. Billy's been through North Africa, Scilly, Italy, England, and Ireland as part of his assignment. Ably assisted by Lieutenant Piotr Kazimierez of the Polish Army in Exile, Bill and Kaz travel to the Solomon Islands to investigate the murder of one of the indigenous coast watchers. Complicating things is that the prime suspect is a young PT boat caption, Jack Kennedy. Benn's research is always top-notch, and he does a great job of using his novels to shine a lot on some less well-known parts of World War II.