Night Owl

A Trasker Thriller (Trasker, Book 1)

By: Andrew Mayne

Narrated by: James Anderson Foster

Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's summary

A shocking act of sabotage draws a retired spy into a deadly conspiracy in an explosive thriller by an Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author.

After three decades in counterintelligence, Brad Trasker is retired, disillusioned, and dealing with a tragic loss. Spy games are behind him until he attends the launch of a next-generation aircraft. When the project of innovative aerospace CEO Kylie Connor explodes on the tarmac—nearly killing her in the process—Trasker is pulled back into the line of fire.

The mystery of the sabotage quickly deepens. All Kylie’s data has been wiped from the server. One of her engineers has disappeared. A seed investor has died in a suspicious car accident. And a cold-blooded murder raises the stakes even higher.

To discover who’s pulling the strings behind a dangerous conspiracy, Trasker needs to find a motive. Corporate espionage, revenge, or something he can’t yet see? Targeted by assassins, he finds himself overmatched when he realizes he can’t trust anyone—including Kylie. Too long out of a game he no longer understands, Trasker must adapt or die.

©2023 Andrew Mayne (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Critic reviews

“[T]he pace never flags. A brisk, competent thriller…”—Kirkus Reviews

“Andrew Mayne knows how to write intelligent, well-researched thrillers, and Night Owl is no exception.”—Bookreporter

Not a background noise book

Good story, well-written but requires paying attention. I had to go back to the previous chapter several times when i got distracted by chores.

It was alright

Don Winslow without the twist and grit. This super death dealer dangerous man shoots a guy in the knee through the entire book. A little bit of current political jargon makes some of it relatable. Worth a listen, great narration but a keystroke off from Ray Porter.

Fun!

An interesting, fun, and exciting blend of spy novel, who done it mystery, and gritty thriller all wrapped in enough modern conspiracy of a system entirely rigged by the elites that it felt real and relevant! I hope there are more like this from this author. Great stuff.

Just mediocre

Main character really doesn’t have anything very interesting going for him, except his Mother. She’s an ex-spy and comes in handy during his investigative dilemmas. Story is ok but nothing I couldn’t put down.

His persistence, how he put things away for later.

Liked it all, kept us wondering what next and the ending. Great book,can’t wait for the next one…!

Brimming with adrenaline all the way through!!!

This was an action packed run all the way through, top to bottom. James Foster Anderson added to the action and story unlike any other and this was a first for me by Mayne and I loed it. Actually, not the first, I read Grendel's Shadow, but a totally different story than here. I need to get hold of the rest of his series. I was absolutely blown away by Trasker and can't wait for the second installment. Jack Reacher, eat your heart out dude!! I read this one in a day. What a way to spend my last day off before going back to the grind next week!!

Good but not great

After reading everything else in his catalog, I was excited to see this new series. as a character is interesting, and the device of the memory palace is very compelling. There’s enough good here to make me excited for the next book in the series, but I have to say that the resolution of the story was a bit anticlimactic and underwhelming.  The narration is nothing special and full of mispronunciations that I found really annoying.

 Strong woman heroine with credible male mentor

I really loved the undersea investigative unit series so thought I would give this a try. I enjoy Andrew Mayes, descriptions and Characters. I thought this was an OK read but nothing great.

I loved the readers voice!

I liked the tale, the characters and the humor. I will look for more from this author.

Great Read

I really enjoyed this book. The characters were perfect. This retired spy gets brought out of retirement to help solve a complicated case. I loved his personality. So levelheaded and meticulous. Thanks for a great read!