THE BONNY BOY IBD

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A wartime sub prowls the Med...but who is the enemy?It is 1942. Lt Harry Gilmour has already made a name for himself in the Royal Navy submarine service. He has risked his life to save a fellow seaman after his first boat, HMSáPelorusáis rammed and sunk in the North Sea. HeâÇÖs played a leading role in HMSáTrebuchetâÇÖsáepic foray into a fjord in the then-neutral Soviet Union, to scatter German ships secretly assembling to invade Iceland. And as number three on HMSáUmbrageáin the Mediterranean, he had assumed command after her skipper had been lost overboard, and gone on to attack an Italian cruiser squadron.Yet he is only an RNVR officer - a Wavy-Navy wunderkind. But when he gets his own submarine as the Royal Navy supports MontgomeryâÇÖs Eighth Army campaign, an unexpected enemy looms on the horizon. Harry comes face to face again with Captain Charles âÇÖBonny BoyâÇÖ Bonalleck, skipper of the doomedáPelorusáand now in charge in the Med. Harry blames the Bonny Boy for the tragedy - and has told him to his face.Can Harry trust BonalleckâÇÖs offer to let bygones be bygones? Will the mission he is sent on help end the war - or end his career?Praise for theáHarry Gilmouráseries:âÇÖI loved all three in theáHarry Gilmouráseries. Great story telling - witty with authentic details.âÇÖ - Tracey GriffithâÇÖ...really imparts the atmosphere of what it might have been like to be based on besieged Malta as a submariner.âÇÖ - Roger J BuffingtonDavid Blackáis the author of theáHarry Gilmouráseries of novels set in the Royal Navy submarine service during the Second World War. He also wroteáAll the Freshness of the Morning, a fictionalised account of President John F KennedyâÇÖs epic wartime service as skipper of the US Navy torpedo boat PT109 during the SolomonsâÇÖ campaign against the Japanese in the South Pacific. Black is a former UK national newspaper journalist and TV documentary producer. He now lives in Argyll and writes full time.