W. Michael Hewitt

Author Mystery #Thriller

Hello. As a former president of multiple corporations specializing in the safe handling of nuclear and hazardous chemical materials, I've dealt with a broad spectrum of situations, people, and domestic and foreign governments. Now retired, I draw upon those memories to create exciting new worlds for my mystery thriller novels. On this website I will share insights regarding those novels as well as blog posts on various subjects I believe may interest you. All the best.
Mystery#Thriller

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Given my background in chemical and nuclear engineering and my experience in working for and with the federal government (e.g., US Atomic Energy Commission, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, US Department of Energy), my first books were centered around situations associated with those agencies. There is a series of three books shown above in where the protagonist is Dr. Essie Openwaters, a twenty-one-year-old woman with dual PhDs and  trust issues. The three Essie Openwaters Mystery Thrillers are: (1) GIRL EMERGING [ ], (2)  MALICIOUS DECEPTION, & (3) 90 DAYS). The trust issues came from being raised by her outcast Kootenai Indian father and being constantly ridiculed by classmates as a child.  Essie evolves into a super sleuth deals with assassins, corrupt politicians, and Ty Rettig, a psychopathic billionaire intent on killing her. All three books are available for purchase through Amazon in Kindle eBook or paperback format.

A fourth novel, PERNICIOUS PROCLIVITIES, also now available on Amazon, takes place a half century earlier, 1965. Rocco Mancuso, a flawed but talented US Atomic Energy Commission spy catcher, finds himself in a life or death struggle with a much younger Ty Rettig and Pakistani spies. Woven into PERNICIOUS PROCLIVITIES is a back story for MALICIOUS DECEPTION, the second Essie Openwaters novel.

A fifth novel, DARK SECRETS RISING, is also a Rocco Mancuso Cold War novel, this time pitting Mancuso against a quadruple threat of agents stealing top secret nuclear secrets, a sabotage project that would wipe out a critical US nuclear weapons production site and kill millions, a boss who seeks to destroy him, and a loneliness he's at a loss to cure.

Finally, FOR WANT OF A FRIEND, is a short story, also on Amazon, that gives a glimpse of twelve-year-old Essie Openwaters struggling to fit into a bigoted all white north Idaho town. It's her coming of age story

GIRL EMERGING AMAZON LINK: GIRL EMERGING
MALICIOUS DECEPTION AMAZON LINK: MALICIOUS DECEPTION
90 DAYS AMAZON LINK: 90 DAYS
PERNICIOUS PROCLIVITIES AMAZON LINK: PERNICIOUS PROCLIVITIES
DARK SECRETS RISING: Expected publication 2025
FOR WANT OF A FRIEND AMAZON LINK: FOR WANT OF A FRIEND
ABOUT imageABOUT imageABOUT image
Given my background in chemical and nuclear engineering and my experience in working for and with the federal government (e.g., US Atomic Energy Commission, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, US Department of Energy), my first books were centered around situations associated with those agencies. There is a series of three books shown above in where the protagonist is Dr. Essie Openwaters, a twenty-one-year-old woman with dual PhDs and  trust issues. The three Essie Openwaters Mystery Thrillers are: (1) GIRL EMERGING [ ], (2)  MALICIOUS DECEPTION, & (3) 90 DAYS). The trust issues came from being raised by her outcast Kootenai Indian father and being constantly ridiculed by classmates as a child.  Essie evolves into a super sleuth deals with assassins, corrupt politicians, and Ty Rettig, a psychopathic billionaire intent on killing her. All three books are available for purchase through Amazon in Kindle eBook or paperback format.

A fourth novel, PERNICIOUS PROCLIVITIES, also now available on Amazon, takes place a half century earlier, 1965. Rocco Mancuso, a flawed but talented US Atomic Energy Commission spy catcher, finds himself in a life or death struggle with a much younger Ty Rettig and Pakistani spies. Woven into PERNICIOUS PROCLIVITIES is a back story for MALICIOUS DECEPTION, the second Essie Openwaters novel.

A fifth novel, DARK SECRETS RISING, is also a Rocco Mancuso Cold War novel, this time pitting Mancuso against a quadruple threat of agents stealing top secret nuclear secrets, a sabotage project that would wipe out a critical US nuclear weapons production site and kill millions, a boss who seeks to destroy him, and a loneliness he's at a loss to cure.

Finally, FOR WANT OF A FRIEND, is a short story, also on Amazon, that gives a glimpse of twelve-year-old Essie Openwaters struggling to fit into a bigoted all white north Idaho town. It's her coming of age story

GIRL EMERGING AMAZON LINK: GIRL EMERGING
MALICIOUS DECEPTION AMAZON LINK: MALICIOUS DECEPTION
90 DAYS AMAZON LINK: 90 DAYS
PERNICIOUS PROCLIVITIES AMAZON LINK: PERNICIOUS PROCLIVITIES
DARK SECRETS RISING: Expected publication 2025
FOR WANT OF A FRIEND AMAZON LINK: FOR WANT OF A FRIEND
Dark Secrets Rising

Terrorist carrying suitcase nuke in front of dam

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Meet W. Michael Hewitt--Author

Hi. I'm Bill Hewitt but I write under W. Michael Hewitt.

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GIRL EMERGING -- ESSIE OPENWATERS MYSTERY THRILLER BOOK 1

Twenty-one-year-old Essie Openwaters just graduated from Stanford University with two PhDs and was headed north when Griff Duncan, a serial killer, started stalking...

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MEET ESSIE OPENWATERS -- PROTAGONIST

Growing up dirt poor and scorned for being part Indian, Essie found it difficult to trust...

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MALICIOUS DECEPTION -- ESSIE OPENWATERS MYSTERY THRILLER BOOK 2

Try to save thousands of lives or back away to save your own? For Essie, there was only one choice...

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90 DAYS - Essie Openwaters Book 3

Essie Openwaters murder mystery thriller book 3

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Meet W. Michael Hewitt--Author

Hi. I'm Bill Hewitt but I write under W. Michael Hewitt.

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GIRL EMERGING -- ESSIE OPENWATERS MYSTERY THRILLER BOOK 1

Twenty-one-year-old Essie Openwaters just graduated from Stanford University with two PhDs and was headed north when Griff Duncan, a serial killer, started stalking...

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MEET ESSIE OPENWATERS -- PROTAGONIST

Growing up dirt poor and scorned for being part Indian, Essie found it difficult to trust...

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MALICIOUS DECEPTION -- ESSIE OPENWATERS MYSTERY THRILLER BOOK 2

Try to save thousands of lives or back away to save your own? For Essie, there was only one choice...

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