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Anonymous Sender

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Anonymous Sender is a most excellent read. They story IS complex and DOES take an intelligent reader to follow, but the chase is well worth it. From the Drug lord trying to make his business grow, to the reluctant hero of a "Big Town" man trying to find peace in "Small Town, USA"; the characters are extremely well developed.
For a first time "out of the gates", McDowell has won his race.

I first read this book when it was release back in 1996. I reread it a few weeks ago, and the book is still fantastic. I would not hestitate to suggest this book to anyone who likes Clancy or Ludlum. Interestingly enough, Mr. McDowell has another book that has been completed, but not sold. I've read the manuscript and it is better than Anonymous Sender, as much as I liked that book. Keep your fingers crossed that this one gets out.

McDowell is an author to watch!

I very much enjoyed this novel, as did my family and friends when I shared it. The characters were well developed for a first effort, and certainly better than those of many "experienced" authors. There was a good deal of action, and at root, I identified with the main character. What more could one ask for? Well thought out and presented, with references to parts of American history often forgotten or glossed over. I only wish the author would give us another effort:)

I originally bought this book in 1996 and put it aside.
Recently I was reorganizing my book supply and again
encountered it. I tried to read it again and it is just not
well organized. It has many different characters from
many different dates and trying to understand how they
all fit together to make the story understandable is no
easy task.
Michael McCowell is trying to be enigmatic and suspenceful like Len Deighton but it is not an easy thing to do.
I finally gave up and read the last chapter and put the book aside. This is his first published work and I look forward
to seeing how another effort might better succeed.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. McDowell's characters are finely crafted and the storyline is engrossing. I couldn't put it down. When's the next book coming?

This book starts with what sounds on the cover
to be a story well worth reading

How wrong can you be?</p> It starts with a jumbled hodgepodge of characters that you know will all become tied together at the end. </p> It end in much the same way. The book generates no affininty for any of the characters. The beginning of the book really has little to do with the ending of it; it merely exists to serve the full circle from history to current day.</P> I gave it to my dog to chew.

Mcdowell style is excellent, he crafts the story in such a manner that the reader is drawn in and cant put the book down. this is the best stuff since white on rice, more excitement than rick flair and the four horsemen, wooooooooooooooooo!!!

In Anonymous Sender, the world at large is in danger as a very important package is lost, misrouted--a package belonging to the Russian mafia that was supposed to be exchanged in a deal with the Colombian drug cartel. This mistake sets in motion a series of incredible events that left me on the edge of my seat

This was a very engrossing book. I read it when it was a mere prototype and when it was published (by the way, I'm friends with him). I thought it was good then and think it is now. If you like good books (that are NOT predictable) and have a well thought out and consistent plot line, READ THIS BOOK!!! Trust me, would I lie? <evil grin>

just kidding