UnLucky Double: Adventures of Lucky Luciano's Double

Everyone has a double. Al Capone discovers that Johnny Cado, a local bootlegger in prohibition-era New Orleans looks just like the infamous Lucky Luciano. The New York mobster drafts Cado to provide Lucky with an alibi while committing crimes and a stand-in when he becomes the target of an assassination attempt. Johnny Cado is the UnLucky Double until he takes advantage of an opportunity to flee with his wife and the mob's money while on assignment in Italy. Life is temporary much better while living in France under assumed names, but things change for the worse when the German Nazis invade and occupy France. The Nazis arrest Cado and his wife for assisting the French Underground in smuggling stranded British airmen out of occupied France. Spared of the death penalty, the Cado's are forced to participate in gruesome medical research programs in Dachau, Germany. Although Johnny Cado and his wife, Angila, are fictional characters, their story is intertwined with real historical characters and events. If you enjoy science fiction and historical fiction, organized crime stories, World War II stories, drama, and romance, I believe that you will enjoy this book because it has it all.

- Darryl Breland