Love and Death in Korea — Hal Graff

Love and Death in Korea A Harold Gatewood Mystery Volume 6 Harold Gatewood continues to roll toward his major league baseball comeback in the exciting sixth volume of the Harold Gatewood mystery series. Jun Haneul, dangerous and eccentric leader of North Korea hires him to train his national team. A beautiful spy, Yoeng Hyeon, falls for Gatewood and romance follows. In South Korea, Harold plays for the Seoul Cranes, and spends his spare time dodging assassination attempts by AIO hitman Misio Hilketa, and Yakaza crime family head Ha Jang's latest killer, Daki Yasu. He also becomes entwined in a murder plot against the President of South Korea, Dae Do Yun. A devious love triangle at the country's highest level of the government also impacts the stability of the South Korean government, and American interests with treaty partners and political foes. Events on the Korean peninsula threaten the coexistence of the countries in the region, including the superpowers China and Japan, who are also are at odds over the islands in the South China Sea. Gatewood deals with high-level espionage, double-agents, love, betrayal, revenge, murder, hitmen, crime family leaders, revenge-driven international terrorist organizations, state sponsored terrorism, and a never-ending list of people who want him dead.