Publisher's Synopsis
Love And Death in Chicago
A Love and Death Mystery & Political Espionage Novel Volume 19 Welcome to the nineteenth exciting episode of the Love and Death Mystery and Political Espionage 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 as 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 Yakuza, 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 try to take down the Masas cartel's illegal activities. Gatewood plans also include a revenge killing of Masas, the man whom 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. Blessings, Dr. Hal Graff
