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Love And Death In The Philippines A Harold Gatewood Mystery Volume 25 Welcome to the twenty-fifth exciting episode of the Harold Gatewood Mystery Series. After closing the books on the last leg of dangerous mission in the British Isles, Gatewood flies from CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C. to comfort his long-time love Susana Richards, the third most dangerous assassin in the world, at the hospital. Her survival, and that of their two unborn babies, is at risk. After time at his home in Gibson City, he is called back to duty by the CIO because the world has become a more dangerous place in his absence. The British Isles has exploded with new violence by the IOFFI, SPFIF, WISAM, and the USFF in London. The Yakaza, the SBP, the Columbian and Mexican cartels, the Durante crime family, and the Gennaro administration in Chicago are furnishing weapons, training, and fighters to make the violent demands for independence remain strong. Gatewood heads to the Philippines to help President Datu Laarni overcome a civil war with the CFFA, led by Gatewood's lover Ligaya Diwata, and the USFF. Shocking events lead to a desperate decision by Laarni that leads Gatewood to the front lines of the war, and into danger. Crushing surprises unfold for Gatewood, his lovers, his foes, and the Philippine president. Please join Gatewood as he battles enemies, old and new, in this exciting, danger-packed, love-filled, surprise-loaded, explosive adventure. I know you will love it.

Love And Death In Chicago A Harold Gatewood Mystery Volume 19 Welcome to the nineteenth exciting episode of the Harold Gatewood Mystery Series. After escaping from harrowing events in Caracas, Venezuela, Gatewood returns to his peaceful life in Gibson City, Illinois, and contemplates retirement from his dangerous life of a CIO agent. He returns to help the CIO attempt to apprehend Salvador Masas, the "El Avispon Picante", the "Stinging Hornet". Masas' Mexican cartel is flooding the Chicago area with drugs and illegal aliens, and Gatewood is sent to help shut down his operation. Gatewood's mission is also complicated by the Solntsevskeya Bratva Pravda Russian mafia, which runs the biggest prostitution ring in Chicago, and the Yakaza, which runs guns from the Windy City to Tokyo, Japan. A beautiful CIO informant, Adela Igone, falls in love with Gatewood, and romantic sparks fly as the two work together to try to take down the Masas cartel's illegal activities. Gatewood plans also include a revenge killing of Masas, the man who he holds responsible for the deaths of Jeong Eun, his former lover, and Luisa Gaicia, a woman he loved deeply. Interference from Chicago's mayor, Illinois' governor and speaker of the house, both of its senators from Washington, and a federal judge also stand in Gatewood's way of successfully taking down "The Hornet." Please enjoy this exciting, danger-filled story. I know you will love it.

Murder In Montana A Davis Finn Mystery Volume 2 Welcome to the second episode of the exciting Davis Finn Mystery Series. Davis James Henry Finn V is the proud, and current, owner of the Finn family's linage of storied and honorable men who share the same full name. In this story, volume two of the tale of his family's heritage, he tells the story of his great grandfather's amazing life. Davis James Henry Finn II leaves his beloved Eagles Beak homestead in Downeast Maine for the excitement of the Old West, and a stint in the Seventh Cavalry. His adventure takes him to the Battle of Little Bighorn, to the defeat of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Indians, to a search for gentleman bandit "Black Bart", to Tombstone, Arizona and the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and to Wichita, Dodge City, and Coffeyville, Kansas and the Dalton Gang. He also heads to the Oklahoma Land Rush, and to the Outlaw Trail to chase Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and the "Hole-In-The-Wall Gang" from the Old West to South America. He returns to Eagles Beak to battle a viscous serial killer who terrorizes the community, and to rebuild his life. Don't miss this exciting, danger-packed, love-filled, surprise-loaded, explosive adventure set in Maine, and the Old West. I know you will love it.

Love and Death in Cuba A Harold Gatewood Mystery Volume 2 Welcome to the second exciting episode of the Harold Gatewood murder mystery series. Harold Gatewood, still trying to make a comeback to professional baseball, and reeling from the death of his beautiful fiancé Lore Lehoi, returns to Spain, where he survived previous vicious murder attempts on his life by a serial killer, and an assassination mission by the Basque AIO terrorist group. He returns, and is honored by the King of Spain and the town of San Toro de Lidia for his previous heroics. After facing another assassination attempt by the AIO in Spain, Gatewood heads to Cuba to scout the Universal Baseball Games for major league baseball. During his visit he meets and falls in love with the beautiful Christina Abene. His time in Cuba is interrupted by murder attempts on his life, dealings with AIO terrorists, hired contract killers, a zealous American billionaire's plan to extract revenge from the Cuba for the prior assassination of a popular American president, plots to overthrow the Cuban government, and potential international incidents which could impact peace in the Northern Hemisphere.

Angel Of Mercy A Davis Finn Mystery Volume 5 Welcome to the fifth episode of the exciting Davis Finn Mystery Series. Davis James Henry Finn V is the proud, and current, owner of the Finn family's linage of storied and honorable men who share the same full name. In this novel, Angel of Mercy, Finn V faces one of the most personally and professionally challenging cases of his illustrious career as the world's # 1 ranked private investigator. Evil abounds at the Sand Ridge Medical Center near Finn's beloved Eagles Beak homestead. Corruption, Medicare and Medicaid fraud, illegal kickback payments, illegalities, financial hijinks, deception, greed, and death, are all orders of the day at the medical center. Finn meets and falls in love with a breathtakingly beautiful woman with a mysterious past, and deals with a cast of evil characters that includes a morally-bankrupt CEO, a legally-and-ethically-challenged Board of Directors, Hungarian hitmen, a mob-backed Holding Company, a deadly Crotalus Horridus, and a dangerous, twisted, Angel of Mercy serial killer. Sherlock Holmes had his "Baker Street Irregulars" who helped him solve crimes, and Davis Finn has his "Nursing Home Nine" who help him address the Sand Ridge Medical Center scandals and chase an Angel of Mercy serial killer. Please come along with Finn as he encounters an adventure filled with action, passion, love, betrayal, revenge, serial killings, dangerous plots that twist and turn, and a surprise, chilling ending. I know you will love the wild ride.

Tall BuffaloA Parker Weston Romance Mystery(A Trilogy - Book 3)Volume 3Welcome to the 3nd volume of the exciting, Parker Weston Romance Mystery series. In this love story, and exciting mystery, a beautiful, young, Native American teenager, Dakota Tall Buffalo, falls in love with a handsome, "white boy", Robby Klein, from Webster Cove, on Tybee Island. Their love story is a complicated one, where parental concerns from both sets of parents, and the taboo of a mixed marriage between once mortal enemies, the Creek Indians, and the settlers form Europe, led by James Oglethorpe, who landed on the Eastern, Atlantic, shore of Georgia in 1733, threaten the young lovers plans to marry. Fate leads Parker Weston, and his beautiful wife, Penelope, into the situation when Dakota's grandfather, and Creek Tribal Chief, Tyee Hazel Tree, asks for their help, since they had faced a similar problem when they had first wanted to marry after graduating from high school.While the obstacles to Dakota and Robby's union continue to mount, Parker ties up loose ends related to the rash of murders that have occurred since he returned to his childhood home of Webster Cove, and also continues to deal with his new father-in-law, Vincent Rowan, Penelope's mobster father, known as the "Savannah Capo".The biggest problem for the young lovers is Dakota's long-ago boyfriend, Joseph Standing Bear, who has become a drug pusher, addict, and alcoholic. Joseph has also become obsessed with stopping Dakota from marrying Robby, and has planned to do whatever is necessary to get her back for himself.While the drama, turmoil, and danger, related to the two lover's marriage plans continues to mount, Parker also learns more about the secret lives of many citizens of Webster Cove, and Savannah.Please join Parker and Penelope as they try to help Dakota and Robby reach their goal of marital bliss. Thrilling events, rich, unique, characters, multiple, shocking, subplots, the battle between good and evil, and a quest to make a true love happen, all make "Tall Buffalo", a spectacular, interesting, heart-tugging, rewarding, read. I know you'll love it. Enjoy!Blessings, Dr. Hal Graff

Love and Death in Tokyo A Harold Gatewood Mystery Volume 3 After two full seasons out of baseball, Harold Gatewood continues his comeback, earning a spot with the Tokyo Cardinals. While in Tokyo he meets the beautiful, dangerous Kimiko Michi Hayato, the second in command of the largest Yakuza crime family in the city. He also meets the staggeringly gorgeous daughter of the Vice-President of China, Al Akemi Gang, and falls in love. As a result of his dangerous encounters in Spain and Cuba, Gatewood is again hunted by AIO hitmen, and crime family killers, set on Gatewood's trail by a ruthless crime boss, Daisuke Hayato, Kimiko Hayato's father. Insights into Japanese baseball, the ugly lifestyle of an underworld crime family, drugs, gambling, murder, terrorists, and assassination are interjected into the story, which is set in Japan, on the Asian continent.

Gatewood ReturnsThe Love And Death SeriesVolume 27 Welcome to the twenty-seventh exciting episode of the Love And Death Series. After retiring from official duty with the CIO, Harold Gatewood is coaxed back into service after living a peaceful, enjoyable, retired, life in his hometown of Gibson City, Illinois. The CIO wants him to reduce the flow of weapons into America by his old nemesis, the Yakuza crime organization headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. After thinking about his past career with the CIO, and analyzing the pros and cons of a return to the spy game as a covert agent for America, he throws caution to the wind in order to save one his two special lovers, the stunning, beautiful, sinister, Yua Hayato, the head of the Yakuza. Gatewood's long, death-filled, history with the Yakuza, and his loving relationship with its leader, make him the only agent with the right connections to address, and successfully complete, the mission at hand. In order to save the life of his beautiful lover, he must battle with a fraudulent, sham organization called the Americans For Fairness And Reparations, the AFFAR, which is run by two ex-con thugs, Kibwe Imamu, and Sefu Tendaji. He must also prevent a Tokyo-based, family-run, terrorist group, the Juro family, from helping deliver saran nerve gas to the AFFAR, which is going to use it on the Eastern, Southeastern, and Southern port cities of America to cause a panic, which will help a corrupt, political party try to gain leverage in the following year's presidential election. Good guys, bad guys, terrorist groups, corrupt politicians, beautiful lovers, and an evil, second-in-command, Yakuza, inner-circle member, Haruto Riku, who wants to replace Gatewood's lover Yua Hayato, as the head of the organization, all pull Gatewood in different directions as he tries to do his duty for his country. His other long-time lover, the number-one-ranked, contract-assassin, in the world, Susana Richards, also spices up his adventure in Tokyo. Please join Gatewood as he makes a comeback, and battles enemies, old and new, in this exciting, danger-packed, love-filled, surprise-loaded, explosive adventure. I know you'll love it. Blessings, Dr. Hal Graff

Love and Death in Virginia A Harold Gatewood Mystery Volume 13 Welcome to the thirteenth exciting episode of the Harold Gatewood murder mystery series. After being shot by past AIO leader Ekain Koldo, Gatewood spends months in a coma fighting for his life. Once he recovers, he heads to Washington, D.C. to scout for the Washington Senators. Headquartered in Virginia, Harold dodges assassins from the AIO, the Durante Mafia crime family, and a free-lance Russian hitman who was hired by Mateo Amon to take revenge on Gatewood, who he blames for his daughter Sofia's death. Gatewood finds himself in the middle of a Constitutional and American crisis that could shake the world's political order. The United States government is being undermined by an ex-president who has ties with an American-Russian double agent, the United Syrian Freedom Fighters, the One World For All organization that believes in a one-world government, and numerous criminal enterprises. Treason, sedition, the Russian Mafia, a billionaire super-patriot named Damon Justice who hires an assassin to eliminate the anti-American ex-president, and Gatewood's guardian angel, a female assassin and his ex-lover, Susana Richards, are also elements in this action and espionage-packed thriller.

Love And Death In The China Sea A Harold Gatewood Mystery Volume 17 Welcome to the seventeenth exciting episode of the Harold Gatewood Mystery Series. After returning from the orient, and a round of shuttle diplomacy designed to stabilize a dangerous situation in the China Sea, Gatewood heads back to Paris to be honored for his heroics during the USFF terror group's attack on the Louvre. He is awarded the Ordre de Bonapart, Bravoure Honorifique Civile for bravery, which enrages the USFF, and puts his life at risk. Increased dangers in the China Sea draw Harold back to the orient for another round of talks with the leaders of China, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Russia, and North Korea. Also awaiting him are the loving arms of three dynamic and beautiful women, Jia Al of China, Ju Won of North Korea, and Yakaza crime family head Yua Hayato of Japan. Gatewood's efforts are designed to help preserve peace, and the balance of power in the region. Attacks by a splinter group of the USFF in the Philippines, the CFFA, and the maniacal actions by the "Karaoke Kid", the Supreme Leader of North Korea, Jun Haneul, lead Gatewood into danger, and the world's super powers to the brink of World War. Don't miss this action-packed, danger-laced, love-filled, espionage thriller. Interesting plots, subplots, twists and turns, surprises, and "love and death" all await you. I know you will love it.

Dead Like LincolnA Davis Finn MysteryVolume 25Welcome to the 25th volume of the exciting Davis Finn Mystery Series.In Dead Like Lincoln, a thrilling historical fiction, political espionage mystery, Davis James Henry Finn V, America's Sherlock Holmes, joins with his father, American President Davis James Henry Finn IV, to try to stop the fighting between India and Pakistan in Kashmir. When Finn V is sent to both countries as a peace negotiator, he is captured by rebel fighters when he views the front lines of the fighting. His captivity threatens a peaceful settlement of the dispute, and creates a possibility where nuclear superpowers China, Russia, and America will all be drawn into the fray.Follow Finn V as he tries to escape, and then return to America to help his father shed the terror of Abraham Lincoln's "Death Dream", and to help him find a mole who's selling sensitive information to foreign governments. Lastly, Finn V tries to prevent an assassination attempt on his father's life.Please join the Finn men in this excitement-charged thriller that features action, passion, love, revenge, murder, plots that twist and turn, and a stunning, surprise, cliff-hanger ending that will shock everyone who reads this intriguing mystery novel. I know you'll love it, as it's one of my best works to this date.Blessings, Hal

Sucker Punch A Davis Finn Mystery Volume 8 Welcome to the eighth episode of the exciting Davis Finn Mystery Series. Finn again deals with Roger Spencer, the man he believes is the evil Tobias Lanter, the mob kingpin who was behind the drug problems in Maine and Eastern Canada, and the man who hates Finn V and the entire Finn clan with an irrational, paranoid passion. Spencer's hatred for Finn has grown since the private detective busted his profitable drug trade, and because of his personal attempts to prevent Finn's marriage to his daughter Carrie. Carrie had died as a result of Roger Spencer's actions to end the marriage, and his efforts to arrange her vows to Italian Count Stefan Angelo Bianchi. In "Sucker Punch", Finn battles Roger and Marilyn Spencer as they try to derail Finn's father's election as the governor of Maine, and prevent Finn's boxer, Daryl "Skeeter" Gray, from defending his World Championship Heavyweight title against the Spencer's former champion, Billy Quinn, in the "Sucker Punch" rematch fight in Las Vegas, Nevada. Roger and Marilyn Spencer also use all of their financial power and "blueblood" connections to try to prevent Finn from earning a thirty million dollar reward from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, for the return of thirteen artworks that comprised the world's largest art theft, the 1990 Gardner Museum "Big Heist". The Spencer's hatreds, old and new, place Finn and the Finn clan in danger, and lead to a series of unexpected events, all designed to eliminate Finn and his family's honored reputation, and their lives. Please come along with Finn as he encounters an adventure filled with action, passion, love, betrayal, revenge, hatred, murder, heartbreak, dangerous plots that twist and turn, and a surprise ending. I know you will love this thriller.

Murder In Vietnam A Davis Finn Mystery Volume 4 Welcome to the fourth episode of the exciting Davis Finn Mystery Series. Davis James Henry Finn V is the proud, and current, owner of the Finn family's linage of storied and honorable men who share the same full name. In this story, volume four of the tale of his family's heritage, he tells the story of his father's amazing life. Davis James Henry Finn IV leaves his beloved Eagles Beak homestead in Downeast Maine to do his patriotic duty as a squad leader in the United States Army Special Forces. His enlistment takes the proud Ranger to the Vietnam War. His duty takes him to the jungles, rice patties, and the Ho Chi Minh Trail to battle the forces of the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong guerilla fighters. Finn IV also battles a former Viet Cong fighter who becomes a Kit Carson Scout for the American Army, and his squad. The deceitful scout brings treason and death to Finn's squad, and a life-ling hatred develops between the two men. After the war, Finn IV returns to Eagles Beak to rebuild his life, and to help stop a viscous serial killer from his family's past, who plans to kill members of the Finn clan in a feud that has spanned four generations. Don't miss this exciting, danger-packed, love-filled, surprise-loaded, explosive adventure set in the war-torn country of Vietnam, and in Eagles Beak, Maine. I know you will love it.

1,2,3,4, Enter Murder's DoorA Parker Weston Romance Mystery(A Trilogy - Book 1)Volume 4Welcome to the 4th volume of the exciting, Parker Weston Romance Mystery series. In this exciting, mystery, thriller, a beautiful woman, Sylvia Mitchell, whose life was destroyed as a teenager, returns to her hometown to seek revenge on those responsible. The beautiful victim is now a successful bank executive who is frozen in place by her past. Only by returning to Webster Cove to eliminate the guilty parties who had attacked, beaten, and raped her, and those who'd helped them cover up their crimes, can she regain her freedom from the haunting memories that still possess her life. The grip the events still have on her mind, body, and soul, present obstacles to her happiness with her true love, another bank executive, John Burton, who is trapped in a loveless marriage with his wife. As the dead bodies start to pile up from bullets from Sylvia's,38-caliber handgun, and from the knots on the hangman's nooses she expertly ties, she starts to believe that there is hope for a happy marriage with John, with all of her past tragedies swept away from her life. While Sylvia is eliminating her prior enemies, the citizens of Webster Cove are panicked, and want a solution to end the serial killer's reign of terror. They turn to a corrupt, evil, police chief, Lincoln Funk, for help. Will it be forthcoming? Please join Parker Weston as he, with the aid of his beautiful wife Penelope, is the only man in Georgia who is thinking a head of the murderer. Can he do something the FBI can't do, stop the killing spree, and bring the killer to justice? Thrilling events, rich, unique, characters, multiple, shocking, subplots, the battle between good and evil, and a quest to make a true love happen, all make this chilling mystery a spectacular, interesting, read. I know you'll love it. Enjoy!Blessings, Dr. Hal Graff

Montenegro A Davis Finn Mystery Volume 11 Welcome to the eleventh episode of the exciting Davis Finn Mystery Series. Davis Finn V's father-in-law, Steve Hanover, is a wanted, and a hunted, man. He's on the lamb with $100 million dollars of bearer bonds in order to avoid prison for his theft, and for the deaths of hundreds of people who perished when the buildings he constructed collapsed. Multiple hitmen are after his scalp, his partners in the bond theft want their share of the take, his own ex-hitman wants his back pay for several contract killings, a mob casino owner wants him to pay his debts, corrupt politicians who took his bribes to grant his huge building contracts want him silenced, owners of three thoroughbred horses that were killed want him prosecuted, an angry ex-spouse wants revenge, and the FBI and the CIA are chasing him across the globe. Follow Finn as this exciting, explosive adventure races across Maine, Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida, Nevada, New Jersey, Poland, the Cayman Islands, Switzerland, Iceland, Croatia, Moldova, Morocco, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Bhutan, the Maldives, Vietnam, Indonesia, Vanuatu, French Polynesia, Namibia, Hong Kong, Monte Carlo, and Montenegro. Please join Finn in this thrilling mystery that features action, passion, love, betrayal, revenge, murder, plots that twist and turn, and a surprise ending. I know you will love it. Blessings, Hal

The White Duck A Davis Finn Mystery Volume 7 Welcome to the seventh episode of the exciting Davis Finn Mystery Series. Davis James Henry Finn V is the proud, and current, owner of the Finn family's linage of storied and honorable men who share the same full name. In this novel, The White Duck, Finn V is hired by the one of England's most beloved members of the Royalty, the Marquess of Cholmondeley, to find and return one of the world's most famous paintings which was stolen, and has since disappeared. London, England's famous police force, Scotland Yard, asks Finn to solve the case that has baffled them for almost sixteen years. Finn's only lead in the case is a band of gypsies, called the Pinkies, who are led by a wise leader who has complete control of the much maligned band of itinerant nomads. Finn goes undercover to infiltrate the Pinkies, and receives help from a beautiful, young, gypsy girl, who wants to escape her current lifestyle. Finn again deals with Roger Spencer, the man he believes is the evil Tobias Lanter, and the man who was behind the drug problems in Maine and Eastern Canada. Spencer's hatred for Finn has grown since the private detective busted his profitable drug trade, and because of a personal desire to prevent Finn's marriage to his daughter Carrie. Finn's love life takes several unexpected detours as he tries to solve the case, and deal with one woman who has shunned him, and another who loves him deeply. Please come along with Finn as he encounters an adventure filled with action, passion, love, betrayal, revenge, hatred, murder, love, heartbreak, dangerous plots that twist and turn, and a surprise ending. I know you will love this thriller.

Love And Death In The Ukraine A Harold Gatewood Mystery Volume 21 Welcome to the twenty-first exciting episode of the Harold Gatewood Mystery Series. After returning from his mission in Moscow, Gatewood battles post- traumatic-stress disorder, and a series of debilitating nightmares about the terrorist organization he most fears, the USFF. He is declared unfit for duty by the CIO, and is placed on inactive status. After a three month long rest, he is called upon by the CIO to return to the Ukraine, the Chechen Republic, and the Crimean Peninsula to assess the results of the weapons purchase program America and he provided for the freedom fighters in the above countries for the purpose of derailing Russia's march to control the land mass surrounding the Black Sea. Gatewood becomes embroiled in situations with the USFF, CFFA, AIO, and SBP, and still finds time to tighten the noose around the neck of the administration of Chicago Mayor Riccardo Gennaro, and Illinois' other corrupt political leaders. Romantic adventures with new and former lovers lead to a furtherance of the Gatewood Sweetheart Curse. Please join Harold Gatewood as he dashes across Illinois, Washington, D. C., the Ukraine, the Chechen Republic, the Crimean Peninsula, Japan, China, and Malaysia to accomplish his mission in this danger-filled, action-packed thriller. I know you will love it.

Love and Death in London A Harold Gatewood Mystery Volume 5 Dean Gatewood, a catcher from Union University, and the future father of Harold Gatewood, becomes captain of the All-American baseball team that travels to England to play the first World Cup series against the British national team. On his journey across the Atlantic Ocean he meets the beautiful Alice Johnson, also a student from Union University. Gatewood and his teammates meet four girls from America and Canada headed to England to make their mark in college and show business. Gatewood is attracted to one of girls, the gorgeous Sally Alexander, who falls in love with him. A serial killer and rapist moves in a parallel life path with Gatewood, his teammates, and the four girls. Terror and murder unfold on the high seas, and in England. Events leading to World War II complicate everyone's lives, including future Prime Minister of England Winston Churchill, who must dodge an assassination attempt. Political espionage by a high-level Nazi spy, German sympathizers and English double-agents unfold in attempts to alter the coming war, and world's power structure. A surprise ending impacts Gatewood's life forever.

Love And Death In The Orient A Harold Gatewood Mystery Volume 16 Welcome to the sixteenth exciting episode of the Harold Gatewood Mystery Series. After being home from the Paris for less than three weeks, Gatewood is recruited by the CIO to engage in shuttle diplomacy in the Orient with three leaders with whom he has forged a special relationship, his ex-father-in-law Guo Gang, the President of China, Dae Do-Yun, the President of South Korea, and Jun Haneul, the quirky and dangerous Supreme Leader of North Korea, In his attempts to address issues related to the South China Sea and the North Korean nuclear missile testing program, he also crosses paths with the Basque AIO, OWFA, USFF, TCPLM, Columbian and Mexican drug cartels, Sicilian and Venezuelan mafia crime families, the Solntsevskeya Bratva Pravda Russian mob, and the Japanese Yakaza. Gatewood is also pursued by three beautiful women intent on making him their own, Jia Al of China, Ju Won of North Korea, and Yakaza crime family head Yua Hayato. Gatewood journeys to Mongolia for a world-class hunting trip he has always dreamed of making, which includes unplanned dangers, and a surprise ending. He also travels to Inner Mongolia to pay tribute to his deceased wife Akemi Gang Gatewood, his one true love, and their unborn son Tai. Please enjoy this espionage-packed, action-laced, thriller. I know you will love it.

Love And Death In Caracas A Harold Gatewood Mystery Volume 18 Welcome to the eighteenth exciting episode of the Harold Gatewood Mystery Series. After returning from the armed conflict with North Korea in the China Sea, and after cheating death, Harold Gatewood vows to live a quiet life in Gibson City, Illinois. He soon breaks that vow and returns to Caracas, Venezuela to help the CIO prepare for the coming collapse of the corrupt, naco-dictatorship of President Alvaro Roma, and to protect American interests in South America. Gatewood's covert mission includes negotiations with, and assistance for, the People's Rights and Honor Party, the PRHP, and their leader Rosenda Maura, the "Dove of Freedom", and efforts to free Vidal Gaizka, the man the Venezuelan people want released from prison to assume the presidency. Gatewood returns to Spain to work with King Carlos Alfonso IV, and to Cuba to work with President Alberto Bertalina, for a solution to the Venezuelan situation. His work there brings a return of haunting memories that remain in his head. In Caracas, Gatewood meets the beautiful Laia Paz, who falls in love with him, and helps him with his under-the-covers adventures. He also dodges assassination attempts by AIO agent Dionisio Brasis and former Venezuelan cabinet member Juan Emilio, and is impacted by total war between the Columbian and Venezuelan drug cartels. Please join Gatewood as the story races across Washington, D.C., Spain, Scotland, Cuba, Columbia, Trinidad, and Venezuela. I know you will love it.

Try, Try, Try Again The Wes Oakley Action, Adventure, Mystery, SeriesA Trilogy - Novel Number 3Volume 14 Welcome to "Try, Try, Try Again", the third novel of a trilogy, and the fourteenth volume in the exciting, riveting, Wes Oakley Action, Adventure, Mystery Series. This wonderful novel is third of enjoyable, thrilling trilogy, along with "A Ten Pounder", and "The Disappearance". When someone starts killing Idaho politicians in order to help the drug lords peddle more poisonous drugs, and death, to the good people of Idaho, Wes Oakley decides to help bring the assassin to justice. Idaho Attorney General Declan Bennett was the first politician to be killed. He was followed by Idaho House of Representatives majority leader Wyatt Harrison, Senate majority leader Graham King, and Idaho State Senator Tory Polk. When American President Eric Henry shows up in Idaho to do his mule deer hunt with Wes Oakley on the mountains near Schopp, Idaho, fears arise that the Russian government will try, try, try again to assassinate him while he's hunting on the mountains. Wes Oakley must determine the killer's, or killers', identity, or identities, and bring him, or her, or them, to justice. But is Oakley chasing one, or two, or more killers? Is one killer snuffing out Idaho politicians, and replacing them with others who have been bought, and paid for, by the drug lords? Or is the same killer adding a fifth victim. President Eric Henry, to his, or her, list of targets. Nine prior assassins, in previous other missions, have tried, and failed, to assassinate Henry, thanks to Wes Oakley, the ex-Navy Seal Team Six member, and national hero, who has stopped both prior, missions to send Henry to his grave. Another dangerous nightmare unfolds on the mountains in this smoking-hot, explosive, political espionage thriller. Wes must solve the questions of "Who's killing Who?" and, "Why?" in this exciting novel. Another burning question is, "Will Oakley stop the drug lords from gaining more traction in the drug market in his beloved Idaho?" Trouble, danger, and death lurk behind every rock and tree for Oakley, and President Henry, on the mountains near Schopp, and North Fork, Idaho, along the North Fork of the Salmon River, north of Ketchum, Idaho. Please enjoy this exciting, multi-plot, action-infused, political espionage thriller. It's a great read, one which offers surprises, twists and turns, a series of unexpected events, and a shocking ending of the saga. As with every novel I bring to the public, it is my honor, and my pleasure, to do so. I know that you will love the story that unfolds in "Try, Try, Try Again". Blessings, Dr. Hal Graff

Eddy A Davis Finn Mystery Volume 9 Welcome to the ninth episode of the exciting Davis Finn Mystery Series. In "Eddy", Finn chases across the Northeast to catch a possessed serial killer who thinks he is the infamous "Jack the Ripper", who was credited with the "Conical Five" murders in London, England's Whitechapel Murder Investigation in the late nineteenth century. In their chess game of hunter and prey, Davis Finn matches wits with the "Fenway Five" serial killer in today's Boston, Massachusetts, and Maine, and uncovers a multi-generational family of serial killers who model their slayings after the Ripper's "Conical Five" murders to terrorize victims, and increase their number of kills. In his cat-and-mouse game with the "Fenway Five" serial killer, Finn also uses the skills he gained while working for London's famed Scotland Yard Police Department as a detective when he solved the "Ipswich Murders", and earned his title as "America's Sherlock Holmes". Unfortunately, his actions also earned him a forced retirement from "The Yard", one that was demanded by England's royal family. Finn weaves his knowledge of the Ripper case, his intuition, deductive reasoning skills, and intellect, to unravel a mysterious series of events, and to try to prevent his fiancé, Maria Hanover, from becoming the "Fenway Five" serial killer's seventh victim. "The game is afoot" between Finn and his adversary, and murder, danger, and surprises rule each day in their chess match of intrigue. Please come along with Finn as he encounters an adventure filled with action, passion, love, revenge, hatred, grisly murders, heartbreak, dangerous plots that twist and turn, the shadow of Jack the Ripper, blood-curdling encounters, and a surprise ending. I know you will love this chilling thriller.

His Better HalfA Davis Finn MysteryVolume 39Welcome to the 39th volume of the exciting Davis Finn Mystery Series.In His Better Half, a chilling, don't-read-alone, mystery thriller, Davis James Henry Finn V, America's Sherlock Holmes, takes on a case to identify, find, follow, and attempt to catch, or kill, a deranged, twisted, psychopath who is under control of a powerful master who is masterminding the kidnapping of test subjects for operations to develop a chemical injection to increase a person's will to live. The serial killer's rampage of murder takes place in Portland, Smith's Landing, Summerville, Tucker's Mill, Leeds Corner, Augusta, Rockville, Bangor, Millinocket, Sand Ridge, and Eagles Beak, Maine.Finn V is hot on the serial killer's trail as the cat-and-mouse game between the murderer, the mastermind behind the crimes, and the private investigator unfolds in the large, medium, and small-sized cities and towns of the beautiful, but dangerous, Pine Tree State. Finn V must unlock the answer to the killer's quest to find a cure for past medical and psychiatric maladies to gain the insight needed to solve one of his most difficult cases, and to attempt to end the killer's reign of terror.America's Sherlock Holmes uses the similarities in these murders to those of his great-grandfather and great-grandmother, and the similarities to the 1947, famous, unsolved, Black Dahlia murder of Elizabeth Short in Los Angeles, California, to solve the case. Please join Davis Finn V in this action-packed adventure that features danger, revenge, serial killing, plots that twist and turn, and a surprise, blood-curdling, ending. I know you'll love it.Blessings, Dr, Hal Graff

Love And Death In Moscow A Harold Gatewood Mystery Volume 20 Welcome to the twentieth exciting episode of the Harold Gatewood Mystery Series. After dealing with the disappointing escape of Salvador Masas in Chicago, Gatewood returns to his peaceful life in Gibson City, Illinois, and assesses what he wants to do. He considers offers to manage in major league baseball, and a possible run for election as the governor of Illinois. He is enticed by the CIO to go Moscow, Russia to help smuggle Karina Prekrasnyy, the beautiful secretary of the bookkeeper of the Solntsevskeya Bratva Pravda mafia, out of Russia. Karina has proof linking the SBP's prostitution operations in Chicago to Mayor Riccardo Gennaro's corrupt administration. Gatewood also has another mission, to travel to the Ukraine, the Chechen Republic, and the Crimean Peninsula to discuss options for American support for rebel insurgency actions against Russia. After Gatewood and Karina fall in love, a determined SBP mafia assassin, Eveny Khariton, chases the couple across Russia, the Ukraine, the Chechen Republic, the Crimean Peninsula, Belarus, and Poland to prevent their escape to freedom. Gatewood tussles with old enemies, the AIO, OWFA, USFF, CFFA, and the SBP in this danger-filled, action-packed thriller. I know you will love it.

Love and Death A Journey A Harold Gatewood Mystery Volume 10 Welcome to the tenth exciting episode of the Harold Gatewood Mystery Series. Gatewood relives the events and happenings that have impacted his life in the first eight episodes of the Harold Gatewood Mystery Series. In the last few years he had traveled a long comeback trail to major league baseball. Along the way, he had benefited from stops with the Central Illinois Magicians, Tokyo Cardinals, Beijing Tigers, and the Seoul Cranes. He had been injured two times and had endured two major surgeries on his throwing arm. Secretly, he was working on his second comeback attempt. He had benefited by being with several wonderful women who had enriched his life, including Lore Lehoi, Christine Abene, Yeong Hyeon, and Luisa Gaicia, all of whom had died in his presence. His one true love, his wife Akemi Gang Gatewood, and their son Tai, had also died in his arms. He had dodged assassination attempts from the AIO terrorist organization, the Yakaza crime family, and evil dictators. He had been honored by Kings of State, and become friends with many world leaders. He had been at the crossroads of his life many times. He knew that situation would continue.

Finn And Gatewood's Outdoor AdventureWelcome to an exciting collection of episodes from the Harold Gatewood Political Espionage Mystery Series, and the Davis Finn Historical Fiction Series.The chapters in this collection come from the twenty-six volumes of the Harold Gatewood series and the eighteen volumes of the Davis Finn series.If you are a new reader, or a loyal reader who has enjoyed every book in both series, you will enjoy these interesting glimpses of into the lives of Harold Gatewood, America's Greatest Secret Agent, and Davis Finn V, America's Sherlock Holmes.Both men face danger in their professional and personal lives, and their love of nature and the outdoors takes them to locations where they can relax, stay focused, and keep the skills that have taken them to the pinnacle of their professions, sharp, and ready for their next challenge.This collection of adventures from the past illustrate the danger, stress, crushing tragedies, gratifying moments, accomplishments, disappointments, meaningful events, and loves gained and lost in their lives.Fishermen and women, hunters, scuba divers, snorkelers, surfers, swimmers, kayakers, skiers, snowboarders, skateboarders, hikers, joggers, cyclists, photographers, mushroom hunters, whale watchers, ocean lovers, beach goers, sun lovers, birdwatchers, bullfighting enthusiasts, mountain climbers, rock climbers, spelunkers, golfers, Karate and Tae Kwon Do fans, rodeo buffs, horse racing and race car watchers, travelers, nature lovers, John and Jane Q. Public, butchers, bakers, candlestick makers, and booklovers will all enjoy this collection of adventures and insights, and both series of novels.This book was fun to write, and will give interesting insights into Gatewood and Finn's mind, personality, and thought processes. Please enjoy it to the max. I look forward to bringing you more interesting novels for your future reading enjoyment.Blessings, Hal

Remember, Remember, The 5th Of November A Davis Finn MysteryVolume 42A Trilogy - Book 3Welcome to the 42nd volume of the Davis Finn Mystery Series.In this exciting, political espionage thriller, American President Davis James Henry Finn IV, wins the 2012 election in a landslide. But after he goes to sleep thinking he's won reelection, millions of illegal votes are sent in, and created out of thin air, to take votes from him, and to give to his opponent, the helpless, corrupt, relic, Carson Killian, whose physical and mental abilities are rapidly declining. After enough fraudulent votes have been created, and assigned to Killian, he is declared the winner in the most-fraudulent election in American history.President Finn IV, with the help of his son, Davis Finn V, then uses the Constitution, the legal court system, and the support of the American people, who are also enraged by the massive voter fraud. To fight for his honestly-won, landslide, legal, victory over his feeble opponent, Finn IV has legally used his powers as president two years before the election, to set up his opponents.Finn IV battles traitors inside, and outside, of the government, and the new world order organization, the Citizens Gezegende Nieuwereld, the CGNW, and its military arm, the Peoples Republic of China, who want to take down America.Four hitmen are in Washington, D. C., and Las Vegas, Nevada, including "The Cassowary", to complicate the situation.Treason, sexual escapades, criminal activity, murder, bribery, danger, revenge, voter fraud, political and personal scandals, plots that twist and turn, a host of victims, motives, and subplots, assassination attempts, and a surprise, cliff-hanger, ending, all are encompassed in this amazing thriller. I know you'll love it.Blessings, Hal