Lewis Cole’s life is turned upside down during the New Hampshire Presidential Primary. When he attends a campaign rally as a favor to his girlfriend, he discovers this candidate is married to his college sweetheart and also finds himself accused of attempted murder.

This was a fast paced story about the chaos associated with the country’s first Presidential Primary. Lewis Cole is a well developed character with interesting friends. I look forward to reading more in this series.

Thanks to the author, NetGalley and Severn River Publishing for the opportunity to read this ARC.

Loved this story, Lewis and his calmness in spite of everything, his friend Felix, and all the political election stuff. Wish I’d read the previous books but will keep an eye out for more from this author. No dull moments except for a bit of the politics.

Book #6 in the Lewis Cole series. Each book can definitely be read and enjoyed as a stand alone but the back story each book adds to Cole's history certainly makes them more interesting. Brendan Dubois is one of my favorite authors. Politican thrillers are not typically my go to books, but I make an exception for DuBois and Lewis Cole.

The run up to the Presidential Primary is always a hectic race to the polls. Somehow, our very non-politically motivated Cole gets framed for an assaination attempt on one of the candidates. Cole must now become involved in the investigation or end up watching over his shoulder for the next year. Neither one is not a choice he likes to make. But the chase is on and in true DuBois' fashion, some of the rocks turned over are pretty slimy. A great read but let's hope it's not a precursor for the upcoming political season.

Primary Storm by Brendan DuBois is a very highly recommended mystery and the sixth book in the Lewis Cole series.

During the frantic primary season in New Hampshire, apolitical retired Department of Defense analyst and columnist for Shoreline magazine Lewis Cole becomes a suspect in an assassination attempt on Georgian Senator Jackson Hale. The only reason he attended the rally was because his girlfriend Annie Flynn works for Hale's campaign asked him to. Apparently his gun was found at the rally. After video evidence proves his innocence, two things become very clear. The secret service agent who visited him earlier was bogus and someone is trying to use him as a pawn in a ruthless game.

The writing is excellent. The novel is well-paced and the tension rises to a heart-stopping ending. Cole is a great character who is intelligent, perceptive, and resourceful. His friend Felix Tinios makes an appearance as a very good friend. Annie is his love interest but is more a supporting character and a diversion.

DuBois captures the whole frantic atmosphere surrounding the primary season and the pummeling of the residents with political polls and ads in this outing. With each new re-release of the novels in the series, I am enjoying Lewis Cole more and more.

Now that I know that the novels are being re-release, I really appreciated some of Cole's comments from that time. One that especially had me laughing involved his love of reading physical newspapers because you can't take a big computer with you if you want to read in the bathroom. Times have certainly changed since 2006. Cole is introduced to a cell phone for the first time.

Disclosure: My review copy was courtesy of Severn River Publishing.
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Primary Storm does a good job of creating the intensity of New Hampshire as it approaches the voting day. The absence of all the activity is well described too. So quiet the day after.
But the plot is thin and doesn't make a lot of sense. And about that ending...
Thanks NetGalley for the ARC.

Brendan DuBois has written another fun, engaging Lewis Cole book - Primary Storm. Part of his ongoing series but good as a standalone, this book is a quick read highlighting Lewis’ often unorthodox ways of solving mysteries. Full of fast action and “who done it” intrigue, this is a good read.

Thanks to NetGalley and Severn River Publishing for the opportunity to read this ARC.

Good book! This book had a bit of everything! It had suspense, Action, intrigue, mystery, murder, a great who done it, great plot twist, and some crazy twists and turns! The storyline was very interesting and kept me glued to my Kindle!! I definitely recommend reading this book as it was well worth reading! Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for sharing this book with me!