The Murderers

by David W. Cowles

Against the backdrop of a romantic ocean cruise between Australia and New Zealand, two clandestine teams of secret agents—one American, one Israeli—join forces to thwart the treacherous plans of third world terrorists and an aged Nazi commander in this dark, edgy, sexy thriller packed with murder, violence and suspense.

THE MURDERERS mirrors today’s front-page headlines, bringing together drug smuggling, corporate scandal, terrorist plots and weapons of mass destruction in a fast-reading page-turner that’s loaded with humor, multiple plot twists and a surprise ending.

Kindle Edition

First published November 8, 2011

About the author

David W. Cowles was born in Los Angeles, California, and grew up in California’s San Fernando Valley. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1976.
Cowles is a member of the State Bar of California (inactive) and is admitted and qualified as an attorney and counselor of the Supreme Court of the United States. He’s served as a board member and president of numerous nonprofit organizations, and was awarded Congressional and other commendations for his efforts.

Cowles founded and was CEO of companies in the photographic and financial communities. He’s flown his own airplanes; traveled extensively; and spent a month as a volunteer with the Israeli Defense Forces.

For over eight years, Cowles published and edited Keno Newsletter, a monthly publication read by keno players and casino executives. For six years, he wrote a weekly column for Gaming Today. For three years, Cowles wrote op-ed columns and a weekly cooking column for the Peninsula Gateway newspaper in Gig Harbor, Washington. His articles have been published in the Las Vegas Sun and Newsweek magazine.

Cowles draws on his background and experiences to write in a wide variety of genres including mystery, adventure, thriller, comedy, fantasy, romance, erotica, how-to, children’s, novellas, treatises and expositions, short stories, and cookbooks. Often he’ll combine several genres in one book.

Reviews

[Joyce · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was surprised how quickly this captured my interest. The protagonist is an ex-cop with cancer who is just starting chemo. The heroine is a young woman, the daughter of the victim in his homicide case 12 years earlier. The man accused of the murder, another cop, was exonerated because the case was messed up by the Police and DA's office. She is being stalked by someone and she believes it to be the same man who killed her mother. She is not amiable to blindly obeying his directions and he is having adverse reactions to chemo. The novel progresses at a good rate and grabs your interest throughout.