Another great series. Learned of this author when he co-wrote with James Patterson but am very impressed with his standalone efforts.

Loved this new to me author and feel he is a master at plot and setting it kept me guessing till the end and was just an excellent read
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for letting me review the book

At 25% into this novel the main plot has yet to start. I have read past novels by Mr. DuBois but this one is bogged down by character development and back story.

Killer Waves by Brendan Dubois was a thoroughly good read, as good as anything on the current bestseller lists. It is a tightly-plotted story that ticks along at a cracking pace. The characters are credibly flawed, believable and likeable.
Retired Department of Defense analyst Lewis Cole was obsessed with the current Space Shuttle mission to be awake and outside as the shuttle passed overhead. It was also the right time to see the lights of cars in the nearby seafront reserve. And of course, even though it’s the middle of the night, he investigates and finds two local police officers at the scene of an apparent suicide.
As part of his retirement from the DoD, Tyler has a job as a journalist and so he sets about investigating what he decides was not a suicide, an opinion partly formed by the arrival of a team of federal agents claiming the deceased was a drug courier.
Cole is bullied by the Feds into helping unravel a WW2 secret involving a German U-boat and a small cargo of nuclear fuel.
An intriguing and feasible plot which unfolds at a good pace, characters that are sufficiently credible and likeable to cheer for and turn the page to ensure they survive and succeed.

Loved it! Every time I turned the page I wanted to know what was going to happen next I don’t but the book down

This is one of the best series I’ve read lately. The main character reminds me of the late John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee…a tough, independent, resourceful, and intelligent righter of wrongs. Highly recommended! I enjoyed this book and am looking forward to the next in the series. I received a complimentary copy of this book and chose to write a voluntary, unbiased review.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing a copy in exchange for an honest review.

I didn’t enjoy this one, so I’m going to keep it brief. The plot was almost enjoyable, but the characters were so unbearable that even that was ruined. Dialogue was cringey, characters were impossible to relate to, and the plot was convoluted. Overall not for me.

Thank you to NetGalley, Severn River Publications and Brendan DuBois for the opportunity to read an advance copy of KILLER WAVES, to be published 5 Sep 2023. Government conspiracy issues dominate this rather slow-paced novel of deceit, murder and intrigue. A former DOD employee, turned reporter gets involved in a scheme that almost costs him his life. This is the fourth Lewis Cole book but it worked well as a stand alone. If you enjoy reading about small town reporters and government coverups, this is for you! 3/5 Stars #NetGalley #SevernRiverPublications
#BrendanDuBois #KillerWaves

As much as I love mystery/thriller novels, ones that deal with the government aren’t really my favorite. It’s all just two technical and specific for my liking.

This book was medium paced and had nice character developments, along with some plot twists you didn’t see coming. The plot seemed to drag on at some points and made me almost not want to finish it. If you’re into government type reads, this is a good one.

Thanks to NetGalley and Severn River for gifting this ARC in return for an honest review.

I love a series of books you can read as stand alones. The author did an awesome job at keeping this book fast paced and filled with action and suspense.

One night Lewis Cole a retired DoD analyst and current magazine writer, sees a disturbance across the inlet from his house in the State Park. Cole wanders over to see what's happening and sees some Feds from the "DEA" surrounding a car with a dead man in the back seat. Cole decides it's none of his business and goes home.

The next morning the "DEA" people show up at his house to ask him to help them, but Cole turns them down. The dead man was a drug courier and they want his help. He then finds that everything he owns now belongs to the government. So he decides it's better to say yes.

But Cole realizes that the "Agents" are interested in something that happened at the local naval yard right after WWII. German naval vessels were interred at the Naval Yard and Cole finds out that the agents are from NEST (a special agency that is part of the Department of Energy). There remit is to keep an eye on nuclear material in the US. It's thought that one of the submarines that was kept at the Naval Yard contained some of the Nazis nuclear bomb uranium.

This gets Cole involved in a whole series of scenarios, many of which are a little out there and put him in the situation where it hard to tell who wants to kill him. Not the cleanest or most sensible of plots. It's probably a matter of taste, but not mine.

This was an interesting and entertaining novel. The locale is a small town in New Hampshire where there seems to be a lot going on. The writing is intelligent with great character development. Without any spoilers, there are many nefarious activities such as murder, hidden uranium, a submarine museum, a lesbian police chief, an inquisitive reporter to name a few. In other words, something for everyone.
I thank NetGalley and Severn River Publishing for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Killer Waves is a fast paced read and the fourth book in the Lewis Cole series which is easily read as a stand alone.

This was my first time meeting Lewis Cole and I am now a fan.

Lewis goes for a walk one night and sees the local police at a murder scene.

Suddenly the scene is taken over by what appear to be the feds.

Nothing is as it seems as we sound found out.

Lewis a former worker for DOD knows something is not quite right and he is soon working the case although reluctantly

Not much more I can say without giving away the plot except I will say its hard to put the book down so clear your schedule.

Cant wait to read more of the series.

Thanks to NetGalley and Severn River Publishing for introducing me to this great series.

Lewis Cole is back! He’s is providing is own unique brand of support to an unnamed federal agency when he is blackmailed into working with them as a result of his stumbling on a murder scene. Small town relationships abound as his band of friends also need his support not knowing that he is trying to prevent a nuclear event. Sound complicated? The author has a special way of making it work.

An intriguing thriller around retired DoD analyst turned magazine columnist Lewis Cole. While living a quiet life in New Hampshire, a foreigner is found dead kust minutes from his home. A cover-up about the identity and purpose of the deadman is issued. Lewis knows something fishy is going on and digs a little deeper, tipping off the Feds on the case. Through some coercion, Lewis is part of the team looking for answers. Only, not everything as it seems amd he's been given wrong information. Will Lewis figure out what is really going on in time or will he be consumed by the killer waves.


I thoroughly enjoyed this thriller and found I didn't want to put it down. (Thank goodness for a 13 hour car ride where I had nothing else to do.) The author obviously did his research as information is woven into the case. I was hooked from the beginning and enjoyed every twist, though some I did see coming.