COWTOWN SMUGGLERS
A Nathan Wolf Novel
Cowtown Smugglers, the fifth book in the Nathan Wolf series: Contraband crossing our Southern border has been around as the U.S. and Mexican governments began taxing the commerce between the two countries. Refusal to pay these taxes gave rise to smuggling by criminal elements and became a very lucrative enterprise. When a small piece of this smuggling endeavor reaches Decatur, Texas, U.S. Marshal Nathan Wolf is brought reluctantly into a search for smuggling connections between Fort Worth, Texas, and the border, an assignment forced upon him by his boss in Fort Worth. Ben Steele, Wolf’s Texas Ranger friend, is also enlisted to assist Wolf. But, from the beginning of the assignment, which takes the two lawmen to the border city of Laredo, Texas, Wolf and Steele are marked for death, and it takes everything the two men can do to stay alive and solve the mystery of who is trying to have them killed.
REVIEWS & ENDORSEMENTS
Roundup Magazine, June 2026
The adventures of Deputy U.S. Marshal Nathan Wolf continue as his boss, U.S. Marshall Spencer Briggs, sends him and his friend, Texas Ranger Ben Steele, to Laredo, Texas, to track smugglers moving good to Fort Worth. The story is full of action, with Nathan and Ben nearly killed while in Laredo. Many twists and turns will keep you interested in what will happen next and wondering who will be involved. I found that the further I got into the story the harder it was to put down. James Duermeyer has done a good job in continuing the series about Wolf. I highly recommend it.
– Lowell F. Volk
Western Writers of America, Book Reviews
JAMES DUERMEYER
COWTOWN SMUGGLERS – book by James Duermeyer
Well written book about the West. I enjoyed reading it, and it was hard to put down, like all of James Duermeyer’s books.
Amazon customer
Reviewed on January 1, 2026
COWTOWN SMUGGLERS – book by James Duermeyer
Very intriguing western novel with the historical links that ties this novel to Texas locations and enhances the reader’s experience.
Amazon customer
Reviewed on December 29, 2025
