In the Hour before Midnight

Stacey Wyatt is rescued from an Egyptian prison and taken to Palermo to do a job - get back a millionaire's stepdaughter from a Sicilian bandit. It is only when he's too far in to retreat that he realizes he is caught in an elaborate web of vengeance involving the Mafia. Jack Higgins' other books include "East of Desolation", "Night Judgement at Sinos" and "Night of the Fox".