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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Lewis sees flashing lights nearby and wanders over to see what happened. After a quick look allowed by the local cops, he is sent away from some unidentified Feds. Then, the Feds decide they need his help, but will not provide details so Lewis tells them to get lost, at which point, they take away his house, cash, bank accounts, etc. so he reluctantly agrees to help. Given his tenacity, he quickly figures out the truth, and helps save the day. Meanwhile, his reporter friend Paula is being mistreated at work, including "outing" the local detective. Lewis fixes that too. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Lewis Cole (4)
Fiction.
Mystery.
"Brendan DuBois is a fine novelist and easily the best short story writer of his generation." â??- New York Times bestselling author Lee Child* * *Award-winning mystery author Brendan DuBois' fourth novel in his Lewis Cole mystery series, KILLER WAVES, is finally available in an e-book format.Late one April evening, retired Department of Defense research analyst Lewis Cole notices a disturbance in the state park across an inlet from his beachfront home in Tyler Beach, New Hampshire. Curious, Cole walks over and finds a solitary man who has been shot to death in the empty wildlife preserve's parking lot. Having a dead body turn up nearly on his doorstep doesn't happen every night, but since Cole writes magazine articles, not newspaper stories, he decides to let the matter drop.Other people have other ideas. A day after the man's death, Cole is visited by a team of Federal Agents, claiming to be from the Drug Enforcement Agency. They tell him that the murdered man was a drug courier sent to meet someone from Cole's neighborhood and the Feds want his help. Cole, who has bitter memories of dealing with the government, initially refuses, but is forced to comply when they take away his job, his savings, and even his home. He quickly learns, however, that the agents have another agenda, one that doesn't involve drug dealers at all...REVIEWS"The thing about Lewis Cole is, we could listen to him forever. This time the retired Department of Defense analyst stumbles upon a car with a body inside. A bunch of mysterious characters tell him, politely, that he'd better make himself scarce. Turns out the mysterious folks are DEA â?? or are they? Turns out the dead man committed suicide â?? or did he? Turns out Lewis winds up working for the government, hot on the trail of a cocaine-smuggling ring â?? or is it? This novel is jam-packed with secrets and shady characters, but the most compelling thing about it is Cole himself. There is something immensely charming about a man who hauls himself out of bed in the wee hours to watch the launch of a space shuttle, something endearing about a mystery hero whose feelings run close to the surface. Like Dan Barton's Biff Kincaid, or even Gregory Mcdonald's Fletch, Cole is someone we simply enjoy spending time with. Crime fiction is filled to the brim with first-person narrators; Lewis Cole has a voice to die for." â??- BooklistABOUT THE AUTHORBrendan DuBois of New Hampshire is the award-winning author of seventeen novels and more than 135 short stories. His latest novel, FATAL HARBOR â??- the eighth novel the Lewis Cole mystery series â??- was published in May 2014 by Pegasus Books.His short fiction has appeared in Playboy, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and numerous anthologies including "The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century," published in 2000, as well as the "The Best American Noir of the Century," published in 2010.His stories have twice won him the Shamus Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, and have also earned him three Edgar Allan Poe Award nominations from the Mystery Writers of America. He is also a "Jeopardy!" gameshow champion.He is currently at work on his next Lewis Cole novel.Visit his website at w Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Lewis Cole wakes up early to watch the Space shuttle Endeavour fly over his house in Tyler Beach, New Hampshire, when he notices red and blue flashing lights in the state park. He walks over to see what is happening and sees a dead man in a car in the parking lot and two officers waiting for the state police. The state police don't show up, but three cars pull up with obviously some branch of federal agents inside. Later Cole has a visit from them which eventually results in Cole being forced to assist in their investigation. They claim to be from the DEA and are looking into drug smuggling. Cole reluctantly uncovers more information than the agents expected.
This is an even paced mystery with an interesting plot. While I haven't read any other novels in the series, that presented no real problem. All the characters are unique, however, as can be the case in a series, not are all fully developed here. This won't hamper your enjoyment of Killer Waves. After starting reading and not knowing my copy was a re-release of a previously published novel, I quickly picked up clues. The first clue is the Endeavour. The second will be small town papers being printed. There are several others that pop-up while reading.
Disclosure: My review copy was courtesy of Severn House Publishing via Edelweiss.
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