Casualties of War: The Advocate Trilogy
About this book
Bill Mesce Jr’s thrilling Advocate Trilogy is now available in this mustread collection of World War II legal thrillers, featuring Major Harry Voss.The AdvocateEngland, 1943The unthinkable has happened: a local spotter on the remote English coastline has witnessed American pilots, returning from a bombing run, turning their guns on one of their own. The victim and his plane are downed, and the spotter and his wife are the next targets as the rogue American planes return to strafe their home and their livestock, with such force and purpose that it is a miracle anyone survives.What could cause decorated leaders of men to kill their brother-in-arms and then viciously attack Allied civilians?For JAG Major Harry Voss, the investigation will become his personal war, igniting a series of revelations that not only threaten Harry’s career but also his life...Officer of the CourtOn a remote island off the coast of Scotland, an American officer has washed ashore. No one knows what brought him there or how he met his doom. Major Harry Voss, a lawyer in the Army’s judge Advocate’s office, takes the assignment of finding out who killed Lieutenant Armando Grassi, and why. Accompanied by an eclectic band of soldiers, Harry’s investigation will lead him as far as Greenland, taking him from the rear echelons to the front lines in search of the truth.And, as Harry knows, the truth is often the first casualty of war…A Cold and Distant Place1944, GermanyRadio controller Raymond Peck is positioned in a clearing less than 750 yards north-northwest of Hill 399, so names because it’s 399m steep – hell on earth.With soldiers depleting at an astronomical rate and radio communications interrupted by the heavy fire, the American troops on Hill 399 are in trouble. No air aid comes and no ammunition reinforcements are in sight.On the last day of attack, Dominick Sisto’s battalion reach the crest of the hill but in front of them lies only death.JAG Major Harry Voss, a lawyer by trade, positioned in Italy, is informed by Colonel Ryan of Sisto’s predicament and drafts him in as part of a last minute research team comprising of lawyer Peter Ricks, Andy Thom from Sisto’s battalion, and Eddie Owen, a Scottish journalist.Will this unlikely team be able to mount a defense in time?Bill Mesce Jr. lives in New Jersey with his wife and children. He is the author of novels which feature Harry Voss, Officer of the Court