Blood Alone

Description:

Billy Boyle awakens in a field hospital in Sicily with amnesia. In his pocket is a yellow silk handkerchief embroidered with the initial L. Gradually he remembers: he has been sent ashore in advance of the troops with this token from Lucky Luciano to contact the head of the Sicilian Mafia. But he must also thwart a murderous band of counterfeiters of Army scrip led by Vito Genovese. James R. Benn is the author of *Billy Boyle: A World War II Mystery*, selected by Book Sense as one of the top five mysteries of 2006 and nominated for a Dilys Award. The First Wave was a Book Sense Notable title. Benn is a librarian and lives in Hadlyme, Connecticut.

subjects: Fiction,  Amnesiacs,  Campaigns,  Americans,  World War, 1939-1945,  Mafia,  History,  Fiction, mystery & detective, historical,  World war, 1939-1945, fiction,  Sicily (italy), fiction,  Crime, fiction,  Billy Boyle (Fictitious character),  Large type books

People: Lucky Luciano

Places: Italy,  Sicily

Times: Allied occupation, 1943-1947