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  • Bibliography:
    48 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 1994
  • Latest Book:
    July 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Dark Victory

1 - Dark Victory (Jan-2016)
2 - Red Vengeance (Jun-2017)
3 - Black Triumph (Oct-2018)

Empire of the North

1 - The Noble Warrior (May-2012)
2 - The Noble Prisoner (Aug-2012)
3 - The Noble Prince (Nov-2012)

A Lewis Cole Mystery

1 - Dead Sand (Apr-1994)
2 - Black Tide (Feb-1995)
3 - Shattered Shell (Mar-1999)
4 - Killer Waves (Jun-2002)
4 - Betrayed (Apr-2003)
5 - Buried Dreams (Jul-2004)
6 - Primary Storm (Sep-2006)
7 - Deadly Cove (Jul-2011)
8 - Fatal Harbor (May-2014)
9 - Blood Foam (Jun-2015)
10 - Storm Cell (Nov-2016)
11 - Hard Aground (Apr-2018)
12 - Terminal Surf (Jul-2024)

Book List in Order: 48 titles



  • Lewis Cole writes a column for Shoreline, a tourist rag in Tyler, New Hampshire. He lives in an old cottage by the ocean, commutes along the salt marshes on a ten-speed...and keeps a loaded .357 Smith & Wesson in his kitchen. Lewis Cole has a past--o...



  • Brendan DuBois's riveting debut novel, Dead Sand, introduced Lewis Cole--late of government intelligence, convert to the New Hampshire seacoast life, and writer for the local magazine. When murder foiled his plans, he turned again to his investigativ...



  • The crowned Queen of Suspense, #1 New York Times bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark, has no peer in the realm of stylish, sophisticated thrillers -- brilliant, breathtaking tales that delve into the deepest affairs of the heart, the darkest crimes...



  • While investigating a series of arson fires on the New Hampshire coast, Lewis Cole learns that a friend has been murdered, and he suspects that the mysterious arsonist may have committed this crime as well....



  • In the aftermath of the Cuban missile crisis, a full-blown nuclear war erupted. It decimated Russia and crippled the United States--now a second-rate power dependent on European allies for survival. Supplies are rationed. Martial law rules. And John ...



  • In the very near future the American economy is in tatters, global warming is ruining the agricultural industry, and the US has become the world's pariah state. Amidst this chaos Drew, an ex-special forces operative, is attempting to create a life as...



  • 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 ha...




  • For nearly three decades, the fate of 2,000 american servicemen, missing in action in Vietnam, has remained a mystery. Now, with the ring of a doorbell, the mystery of some is about to be solved. Smalltown newspaper editor Jason Harper answers his...






  • The plot Dickens... In the pages of his novels, Charles Dickens railed against injustice in all its forms--the miserliness of Ebenezer Scrooge, the indifference of the aristocracy, the cruelty of Fagin. He captured the bitter unfairness of the cla...



  • New Hampshire magazine columnist Lewis Cole hadn't known Tyler Beach resident and amateur archaeologist Jon Ericson long, but well enough to call him friend, and was angry enough to want to know who killed him and why. His death was preceded by an ex...



  • This volume compiles 18 gripping stories about relationships from some of the top mystery writers working today, including Harlan Coben, P.J. Parrish, Lee Child, Ridley Pearson, R.L. Stine, Jim Fusilli, Jeff Abbott, Charles Todd, and Tom Savage....



  • Lewis Cole, former Department of Defense analyst turned columnist in the small resort town of Tyler Beach, N.H., plans to lie low for the January chill--and the chaotic presidential primary. Trouble starts when a Secret Service agent corners him abou...



  • For years UN peacekeepers have been deployed to war-torn regions of the world from Rwanda to Serbia and Congo to East Timor. Now it's America's turn. Samuel Simpson is a young, idealistic journalist from Canada. Seeking adventure, he volunteers...



  • DESCRIPTIONAfter 9/11 the US Government vowed that any similar attack on American soil would be thwarted, and the newly created Homeland Security knew that the only way to achieve this end was to have the very best intelligence. A group of elite offi...



  • Fairy tales are among the earliest fantasies we are exposed to when we are young and impressionable children. In one way or another they stay with us throughout our lives, whether in their original versions, or filtered through cartoon retellings. ...



  • An all-new mystery anthology edited and featuring a new story by #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris Nighttime is the perfect time for the perfect crime. #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris edits and contributes...



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  • REVIEWS"Ten stories, two each from EQMM and AHMM, are highly varied apart from the common military connection, some bordering on science fiction, treating various periods, wars, and branches of services. One of the best short-story writers around, Du...






  • In this moving short story by award-winning author Brendan DuBois, the first astronauts on Mars --- Navy Captain Susan Bryce and Air Force Colonel David Bronson --- are stranded when their landing module's return capsule fails to launch.Millions of m...



  • REVIEWS"The first time I read "The Dark Snow," I found it almost unbearingly suspenseful and immediately selected it for "The Best American Mystery Stories of the Year." It stayed with me so powerfully that a few years later I used in "The Best Ameri...



  • REVIEWS"...Brendan DuBois is one of the two or three finest short story writers of my time." --- mystery editor and author Ed Gorman."To say that Brendan DuBois writes thrillers is equivalent to saying that Faberge was pretty good at decorating eggs....



  • When a different kind of justice is needed -- swift, effective, and personal -- a new type of avenger must take action. Vengeance features new stories by bestselling crime writers including Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane, and Karin Slaugh...



  • "I read everything Brendan DuBois writes. Science fiction, fantasy, mystery, it doesn't matter. He's one of the best." --- Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Hugo award-winning author * * * Hundreds of years after the War of the World devastated humanity, only ...



  • "I read everything Brendan DuBois writes. Science fiction, fantasy, mystery, it doesn't matter. He's one of the best." --- Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Hugo award-winning author * * * Hundreds of years after the War of the World devastated humanity, only ...



  • In this spooky tale for Halloween, this short story --- by award-winning author Brendan DuBois --- tells the tale of two women, separated by more than a hundred years, who enter a dark valley in the White Mountains on Halloween evening and see someth...



  • "I read everything Brendan DuBois writes. Science fiction, fantasy, mystery, it doesn't matter. He's one of the best." --- Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Hugo award-winning author * * *Hundreds of years after the War of the World devastated humanity, only o...



  • "I read everything Brendan DuBois writes. Science fiction, fantasy, mystery, it doesn't matter. He's one of the best." --- Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Hugo award-winning author * * *From award-winning author Brendan DuBois comes this unique collection of...



  • "I read everything Brendan DuBois writes. Science fiction, fantasy, mystery, it doesn't matter. He's one of the best." --- Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Hugo award-winning author "...Brendan DuBois is one of the two or three finest short story writers of m...






  • "I read everything Brendan DuBois writes. Science fiction, fantasy, mystery, it doesn't matter. He's one of the best." --- Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Hugo award-winning author "...Brendan DuBois is one of the two or three finest short story writers of m...



  • Welcome to the wide world of paranormal pastimes, where striking out might strike you dead. Editors Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner are your announcers for this collection of the most peculiar plays ever made—including a story featuring ...



  • LETHAL PURSUIT Betrayed former Department of Defense analyst Lewis Cole didn't want to use his special skills ever again. But when his best friend is beaten into a coma during an antinuclear protest, his instincts go off like alarm bells. The pri...



  • A wounded and healing Lewis Cole―retired Department of Defense analyst and magazine columnist―returns to his fire-damaged home on Tyler Beach with two things on his mind: to recover from a bullet wound and to repair his nearly two hundred-year-ol...



  • "Brendan DuBois is a fine novelist and easily the best short-story writer of his generation." --- Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author. It's 1943, ten years after the assassination of President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt. Germany is at war w...



  • "Brendan DuBois is a fine novelist and easily the best short-story writer of his generation." --- Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author. For years UN peacekeepers have been deployed to war-torn regions of the world from Rwanda to Serbia and Co...



  • From two time Shamus Award winner Brendan DuBois comes a terrifying and original tale of a world populated mostly by teens, who are fighting to save their lives . . . and the future of planet Earth. A decade ago, the alien Creepers came to Earth, ...



  • A tangled web of violence and betrayal drive this story of international intrigue After a dishonorable discharge from a top-notch covert Coast Guard position, Zach Morrow is left with almost nothing. When a Homeland Security agent asks him for his...



  • In his tenth outing, retired intelligence analyst Lewis Cole faces his most daunting challenge yet: Trying to save his friend Felix Tinios from being sent to death row after a conviction on first degree murder―but Felix refuses to accept Lewis’ a...



  • From two-time Shamus Award winner Brendan DuBois comes the sequel to Dark Victory. A terrifying and original tale of teens who are fighting to save their lives . . . and the future of planet Earth. U.S Army Sergeant Randy Knox is sixteen, and alre...






  • VIGILANTE? VICTIM? VILLAIN?Where is your breaking point? Would you defy the law in pursuit of justice? How far would you have to be pushed before you got…blood on your hands?Nineteen gripping crime and mystery stories reveal the transgres...



  • With echoes of Rear Window, award-winning Brendan DuBois’ new thriller finds defense analyst Lewis Cole trapped and under siege in his beachfront home. In this, his eleventh outing, Lewis Cole―former Department of Defense research analyst―is...



  • The Negotiator has built a good business around his talent for facilitating the sale of valuable merchandise with no questions asked. He relies on his other talent―the ability to shoot his way out of trouble if a deal goes sideways―as little as p...



  • The conclusion to Brendan DuBois's Dark Victory alien-invasion trilogy. Bestselling and award-winning author Brendan DuBois proves that even in the most desperate of times, there are still men and women alive who will take up weapons to defend wh...



  • When summer homes on a large New Hampshire lake are being robbed during the off-season, one homeowner decides to take matters into his own hands. But the would-be burglar, armed with a sharp knife, has his own plans. So, whose plan will emerge victor...



  • Attorney Kyle Foster hated his job and was bored with his wife Carol and life in general. One night he fell into the temptations of the forbidden pleasures offered in the Dark Web and started poking around… until the Dark Web poked back....



  • In the quiet charm of New England, a shocking truth washes ashore.When retired Department of Defense analyst and local columnist, Lewis Cole, stumbles upon a harrowing scene—a drowned migrant woman and her child—he is thrust into the midd...



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    Monroe's on the chase, following the woman he believes tried to kill him, traveling all the way from Vermont to Key West. But he doesn't know that someone else is chasing him at the same time, and it's all about to come to a head....



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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Brendan DuBois has published 48 books.

The next book by Brendan DuBois, Terminal Surf, will be published in July 2024.

The first book by Brendan DuBois, Dead Sand, was published in April 1994.

Yes. Brendan DuBois has 3 series.