Luciano’s Luck

Luciano’s Luck
Jack Higgins

The brilliant suspense thriller from the author of THE EAGLE HAS LANDED, set in the wartime battlegrounds of the Mediterranean.A brilliant suspense thriller from the wartime battlegrounds of the Mediterranean.In the historic summer offensive of 1943, the Allies stand ready to invade Sicily. The cost will be high in lives and time, unless the Sicilians themselves can be persuaded to rise against their Nazi oppressors.Only the Mafia can command an uprising – and the Godfather refuses to fight…Desperate action is needed to dent Hitler's evil pride. Someone who understands Mafia ways, and knows how to earn the loyalty the Allies crave. Someone who isn't afraid of killing his own…

Jack Higgins

Luciano’s Luck

Dedication

for Sacha and George

Contents

Cover (#u75381fad-ea39-59c6-8bb4-dfd47bf6c896)

Title Page

Dedication

Publisher’s Note

Foreword

Sicily—1943

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It was just before evening, when the jeep carrying Harry . . .

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It started to rain as Carter went over the ridge, . . .

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The JU52 which flew in from Rome with Field Marshal . . .

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It was four weeks later when the jeep carrying Harry . . .

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On his twentieth lap of the exercise yard at Great . . .

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It was raining hard in Liverpool the following night when . . .

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The old Dakota lifted off the main runway at Ringway . . .

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The Avro Lancaster was the most successful Allied bomber of . . .

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In the living room of his house at the back . . .

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Vito opened the oven door of the boiler in the . . .

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Pietro Mori had sent his wife to bed early and . . .

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Luciano and Maria followed the same rough track for almost . . .

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Koenig was standing at the window of his office at . . .

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Padre Giovanni led the way down the winding stone stair . . .

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They left just after nine the following morning in Barbera’s . . .

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Detweiler’s body was racked by convulsions as he bucked and . . .

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Flying at one thousand feet the view was spectacular in . . .

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Luciano and Vito Barbera came out of the mortuary and . . .

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