Love and Death in London — Hal Graff

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.