Jack Higgins — Luciano's Luck
Pan 1981 Paperback, 240pp. From the New York Timesbestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed and Dark Justice comes the World War II legend of American gangster Charles Lucky Luciano. Its 1943 and war is raging. The key to America and the Allies first assault on Nazi-occupied Europe is the island of Sicily. But it is unknown whether the Sicilian people are willing to rise up and fight alongside the Allies. To secure their help, the US military turns to imprisoned mobster Lucky Luciano - the one man with the connections to the all-powerful Sicilian mafia that could change the course of the war in Italy. The price for his help? Nothing short of a full pardon. Pages tanned. (ISBN: 9780330267236). Good.