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Night Owl by Andrew Mayne
Trasker #1
Fast-paced, action-packed, thrill-ride that grabbed my attention immediately and kept it till I read the last page.
What I liked: * Adam Trasker: retired counterintelligence agent, lost his son just as he hoped to spend more time with him, divorced, creates memory palaces to help him retain information, past his prime but still capable, takes on a job with Kylie Connor and can be rather ruthless
* Kylie Connor: aviation inventor and entrepreneur, owner of Wind Aviation, brilliant, her father died when she was young, cares about her employees, a bit ruthless
* Adam’s mother: in the spy game for decades, taught Adam much, intriguing, would like to know more about her
* The plot, pacing, settings, and writing
* The way Trasker figured out who was behind the sabotage
* That I cared about the outcome
* It was easy to dislike the bad guys and want to see them dealt with
* That there will be another book in the series
What I didn’t like:
* Who and what I was meant not to like
* Thinking about the damage countries and individuals can do for questionable motives or monehy
Did I like this book? Yes
Would I read more in this series? Yes
Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for the ARC – This is my honest review.
4-5 Stars
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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.
#Andrew Mayne#Trasker 1#NetGalley#Thomas & Mercer#thriller#sabotage#counter intelligence#whodunnit#murder#aviation
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sea storm.
dialogue prompts from sea storm by andrew mayne.
this was one call i never expected to get.
disasters have a way of testing theories.
i will not leave without you. understand?
things are probably going to get more complicated.
sometimes you can feel things you can't see.
don't be weird. you're already weird enough.
there's kind of an elephant in the room.
when did you get so bitter?
something's been off about you lately.
i know what it looks like, but i don't know what it is.
sometimes the details you can't see are the important ones.
are you hurt?
how long have you been waiting to do that?
what are you suggesting, exactly?
i have a very poor sense of what 'crazy' looks like until after i've done it.
there are no shortcuts.
do you think i could ask you about ____?
i asked what you would do, not what you would say.
not having a record isn't the same as being clean.
if you're smart, you'll assume you're always being watched.
where is the asshole who did this?
how long was i out?
you have a colorful way of expressing yourself.
they're trying to divide us.
you can yell at me later.
i'm capable of things you wouldn't even think of.
i don't want you to lie for me.
i don't need your permission to feel good about myself.
why does everyone in your generation think they're a comedian?
i'd hate to see the other guy.
think what you want, but you don't know me.
it's all technically legal.
the key is knowing who controls what, and what they want.
i'm more worried about what happens next.
you're young. you'll learn.
what's with the long face?
i never waste a chance to complain about something.
i can tell when you're holding something back.
tell me. don't make me get the stun gun.
i don't understand your game.
if we can see them, they can see us.
i'm relaxed. it should frighten you how relaxed i am.
i've dealt with people like you.
this is rather unorthodox, you know.
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🎧Audiobooks 🎧
Death Stake by Andrew Mayne Publication date:October 29,2024 Language:English
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A wannabe rock star who fronts a Pennsylvania-based tribute band is devastated when his kick him out of the group he founded. Things begin to look up for Izzy when he is asked to join Steel Dragon, the heavy metal rockers he had been imitating for so long. This film is loosely based on the true story of the band Judas Priest. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Chris ‘Izzy’ Cole: Mark Wahlberg Emily Poule: Jennifer Aniston Kirk Cuddy: Dominic West A.C.: Jason Bonham Jorgen: Jeff Pilson Ghode: Zakk Wylde Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager: Timothy Spall Donny Johnson: Blas Elias Xander Cummins: Nick Catanese Ricki Bell: Brian Vander Ark Rob Malcolm: Timothy Olyphant Tania Asher, Steel Dragon PR: Dagmara Domińczyk Joe Cole: Matthew Glave Mr. Cole: Michael Shamus Wiles Mrs. Cole: Beth Grant Bobby Beers: Jason Flemyng Nina: Carey Lessard Samantha: Kristin Richardson Mason Bell: Jamie Williams Roadie #1: Keith Loneker Amber: Sami Reed Marci: Kara Zediker Bradley: Stephan Jenkins Guitarist in Crowd Outside Mansion: Vitamin C Cream Reporter: Kevin Ryder Melody-Maker Reporter: Gene Baxter Bouncer: Gregory Hinton Nurse: Sonya Stephens Photographer: Neil Zlozower Fan #1: Kirk Enochs Thor: Myles Kennedy A.C.’s Wife: Rachel Hunter Kirk’s Wife: Heidi Mark Ghode’s Wife: Carrie Stevens Jorgen’s Wife: Amy Miller Office Worker: William Martin Brennan Mrs. Andrews: Lorna Scott Auditioning Singer: Ralph Saenz Topless Cutie #1: Jennifer Rovero Topless Cutie #2: Natalie Raynes Scalper: Jamal Weathers Two-Year Old Girl: Hailie Brennand Roadie #2: Eric Weinstein MTV Veejay: Jamie White Metal Head: Jeffrey Wetzel Guitar Tech: Frederick E. Kowalo Girl with P-Pass: Jennifer Uilani Warren Roxy Dancer: Chad Azadan Roxy Dancer: Linda Cevallos Roxy Dancer: Jennifer Edmond Roxy Dancer: Brian Friedman Roxy Dancer: Cynthia Fuhrer Roxy Dancer: Cati Jean Roxy Dancer: Edward Jenkins Roxy Dancer: Kelly Knox Roxy Dancer: Tabbatha Mays Roxy Dancer: Udee McGeoy Roxy Dancer: Ted Napolitano Roxy Dancer: Tomasina Parrott Roxy Dancer: Gabriel Ramírez Roxy Dancer: Ursula Whittaker Roxy Dancer: Zachary Woodlee Concert Rocker: Andrew Wayne Bar Patron (uncredited): Gia Franzia Film Crew: Production Design: Mayne Berke Executive Producer: Steven Reuther Original Music Composer: Trevor Rabin Executive Producer: George Clooney Second Unit Director: David R. Ellis Director of Photography: Ueli Steiger Casting: Sharon Bialy Actor’s Assistant: Eric Weinstein Co-Producer: Michael Fottrell Costume Design: Aggie Guerard Rodgers Screenplay: John Stockwell Stunts: Chad Stahelski Director: Stephen Herek Stunts: Chris Palermo Stunts: Joe Bucaro III Producer: Toby Jaffe Editor: Trudy Ship Stunts: Julie Michaels Stunts: Keith Woulard Stunts: T.J. White Executive Producer: Mike Ockrent Choreographer: Peggy Holmes Music Supervisor: Budd Carr Set Decoration: Casey Hallenbeck Unit Production Manager: Paul Moen Swing: P. Scott Bailey Stunts: Laura Albert Stunts: Mike Gunther Supervising Art Director: Caty Maxey Stunt Coordinator: Brad Martin Stunts: Jeff Imada Still Photographer: Claudette Barius First Assistant Director: Jeffrey Wetzel Actor’s Assistant: Ozzie Areu Production Accountant: Ravi D. Mehta Art Department Coordinator: Joe Walser Leadman: Mark Woods Stunts: Tim Rigby Camera Operator: Thomas Yatsko Stunts: Sean Graham Set Designer: Harry E. Otto Makeup Artist: Donald Mowat Special Effects Coordinator: Paul J. Lombardi Makeup Artist: Jean Ann Black Boom Operator: Carl Fischer Stunts: Damon Caro Stunts: Chris O’Hara First Assistant Camera: Gary L. Camp Script Supervisor: Adrienne Hamalian-Mangine Special Effects: Scott Blackwell Video Assist Operator: David Katz Stunts: Steve Holladay Hairstylist: Johnny Villanueva Set Costumer: Lisa A. Doyle Hairstylist: Kerry Mendenhall Music Editor: Brent Brooks Steadicam Operator: Dan Kneece Location Manager: Curtis Collins Hairstylist: Shari Perry Key Makeup Artist: Michael Mills Key Costumer: Sabrina Calley Stunts: Brandon Sebek Producer: Robert Lawrence Art Direction: Richard Schreiber Costume Supervisor: Bruce Erickse...
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Thank you @celestial-alignment for the tag!
Currently reading
I'm reading so many things at once🤦🏻 but the most recent are
-Dead blondes and bad mothers by Jude Ellison S. Doyle
-The Underwater Investigation Unit series by Andrew Mayne
-The captive soul (highlander series tie-in) by Josepha Sherman
-How to kill your family by Bella Mackie
Most of these I've just started so I don't really have an opinion on yet, but I can confidently recommend Andrew Mayne's the girl beneath the sea
Last song
-La la la, Naughty boy ft. Sam Smith
Last movie
-the craft legacy, I have very contrasting feelings about this because for as modern and pc as it is clearly striving to be we get some very questionable scenes
Currently working on
Too many wips to name, but the most recent involve
-a the rookie/24 crossover, Rosalind & Michelle, magick au
-a little something I'm working on with @helena-edits-in-real-time and the only things I'll say are leather and a kink club🤫
Tagging anyone who wants to do this!
Whatcha up to tag game
Thank you to the amazing @obiknights for the tag! <3 <3
Currently reading:
“The Diary of a Bookseller” by Shaun Bythell
“Lupin: The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Thief” by Maurice Leblanc
Last Song:
“Stand By Me” Florence and the Machine
Last Movie:
“Annette” (2021) I have so many regrets.
Currently Working on:
TWWW prompt fic
TWWW au
Sequel to “Force That Binds”
The conclusion to “Dwelling in Infinity”
Original novel (Historical Fiction)
a million other half finished ideas
No-pressure tags: @pursuitoftruth @munoz13 @butternuggets-blog @merfilly, @your-dose-of-obidala, @friskynotebook, @accio-baqat, @more-comfortable-in-hell, @cypanache
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Something else is in the water.
The Girl Beneath the Sea || Andrew Mayne
#the first sentence of a book#book recommendations#the girl beneath the sea#andrew mayne#water#book blog#quarantine book club#quarantine suggestions#bookworm#booklr#bookish#what should i read next
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the girl beneath the sea.
dialogue prompts from the girl beneath the sea by andrew mayne.
you know something, don't you?
there are no coincidences. isn't that how it goes?
how do assholes make us care what they think?
what happened to old-fashioned phone calls?
tell me what i can do.
you said the f word.
when did you become such a hardass?
you don't know how people see you from afar.
believe it or not, i was proud of you.
rumors are far more abundant than the truth around here.
are you here to murder me?
for better or worse, i chose my own path.
i was a kid. i don't know what i knew.
i'd like to say i have a clean conscience, but that wouldn't be true.
i talk to people. they tell me things.
how about we go get a cup of coffee and compare notes?
what's your part in all of this?
you have to make up your own mind about me.
the powers that be are not acting in my best interests.
trouble is going to find me either way. there's no doubt about that.
do you ever miss it?
shut up and do something.
are you here to rescue me or kill me?
you know more than you're telling me.
you were here the whole time?
i figured you were going to do something stupid, and you didn't disappoint me.
it's not exactly a secret, but not exactly something i tell anyone.
any more personal questions?
how long have you been into my business?
you don't look very coplike.
now is not a good time to know anything about anything.
you just blurt everything out there, don't you?
anything is possible, when enough money is involved.
no time to think. do something.
did i die back there? is this how hell works?
stay strong. don't let them see you cry.
not everyone wanted to go along with it, but they did.
when did it start becoming real?
i'll tell you on the way. we need to hurry.
sometimes you don't get to choose your troubles: they choose you.
not everyone with a badge is your friend.
running would only make things worse.
you have an interesting family.
not all of us have your courage.
how hard would it be to start a fire?
you're the only thing that matters to me in this world.
i'm not letting you go alone.
nothing is ever easy with you.
your guess is as good as mine. better, actually.
just like that? it's over?
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★★★★ to Looking Glass by Andrew Mayne
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I lied, here's the link on Spotify, these are all based on headcanons and vibes and no one is allowed to be mean abt it but I'm emotional
Playlist:
"The Boxer" by Simon and Garfunkel
"Body Terror Song" by AJJ
"Tomorrow Will Be Kinder" by The Secret Sisters
"Like Real People Do" by Hozier
"The Curse of the Fold" by Shawn James
"Lost It All" by Jill Andrews
"Acts of Man" by Midlake
"Vor í Vaglaskógi" by KALEO
"Carry Me Back to Her Arms" by Jessica Curry
"The Poor Wayfaring Stranger" by Lumiere
"Sigurlied" by Faun
"The Unquiet Grave" by Abel Korzeniowksi
"Hoch im Norden" by Santiano
"The Chemical Worker's Song" by CDN
"The Song of Hope" by AR Rahman
"Mayn Rue Platz" by Nikitov
"Kaer Morhen" by Marcin Przybylowicz
I want you all to know my wolf witchers playlist is impeccable and I will be taking no criticism and the way I am going to manage to take no criticism is by never sharing it 😌💅
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Books Read in the Month of May 2022!
Books Read in the Month of May 2022!
Here it is already the end of another month. Where does the time go? I have been busy as usual reading some wonderful books for the month of May of 2022. Here are the 8 books I read and reviewed for May. I might have read even more if I didn’t have another WIP or two to complete. But I always seemed to have a WIP! I hope you enjoy reading these reviews. I love sharing my eclectic reads in…
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Book Review: Black Coral (Underwater Investigation Unit, #2)
Black Coral (Underwater Investigation Unit, #2) by Andrew Mayne
Published February 16, 2021
Synopsis: For a police diver in Florida, solving a cold-case mystery brings a serial killer out of hiding...
Sloan McPherson and the Underwater Investigation Unit have discovered a van at the bottom of a murky Florida pond. Sealed inside the watery tomb are the bodies of four teenagers who disappeared thirty years ago after leaving a rock concert. To authorities, it looks like a tragic accident. To Sloan, it looks like murder. Every piece of evidence is starting to connect to a string of cold case vanishings throughout Florida. Clue by clue, Sloan navigates the warm, dark waters where natural predators feed, knowing that the most dangerous one is still above the surface—nesting and dormant.
But when a fresh young kill is found in the Everglades, Sloan fears that her investigation has reawakened a monster. How can she catch someone who’s a genius at hiding in plain sight? By acting as prey. The dangerous gambit is working—only too well. She’s being lured into a deception of the madman’s own design. Has Sloan set a trap for a serial killer? Or has he set one for her?
Review: I really enjoyed this book! To be entirely honest, I have not read the first book in the series, and, while not knowing the plot points being referenced from the first book was a bit annoying, it follows a common convention of police procedural novels that reminds you who characters are when you first encounter them in the story. Being from South Florida, the author managed to capture the right amount of nostalgia while also writing about brutal murders being committed in essentially my old backyard. It was a good time! I’ll definitely be going back to pick up the first one and continuing on with the series
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Review of The Naturalist by Andrew Mayne
TL;DR: 1 of out 5 stars.
This review has been cross-posted to my Goodreads. Feel free to add me on there!
If you're wondering just how terrible I found this book, I actually created a DNF shelf because I felt like I couldn't continue with it any further. Should probably add that I have a bachelor's degree in biotechnology, so I'm more familiar with the basis of Cray's work than the average reader.
Theo Cray is a computational biologist. We know this because he repeats this to everyone he meets - all while he secretly judges them for not knowing what that is. Actually, that's all the guy does, seemingly - boast about his profession and judge people. Off the top of my head:
> Implies a forensic tech isn't a scientist because she doesn't know about a fungal infection exclusive to frogs (!!!) - and takes a leap further and says she only collects samples, doesn't examine them. This is patently incorrect since a forensic technician's job requires at least a bachelor's degree in some sort of science.
> Says he hates explaining his work to non-scientists - because of course a freaking police detective should be able to parse a university-level explanation on phenotype plasticity so our hero isn't inconvenienced.
> Makes a crappy inside joke and then notes that his audience doesn't react. Non-STEM people don't have a sense of humour at all!
> Thinks people with doctorates in fields unrelated to medicine/science who insist on being addressed by a title they earned are just hot air. Because they're not in hospitals curing cancer.
> Calls it "emasculating" when a colleague tries to comfort him when a one-time student of his dies.
> Pretends to be humble about a research grant as if he's not been dissing non-STEM people since the first page.
> Did I mention he's scientific? Data gives him a mental boner. Totes.
> All this, and suddenly he goes off track to spend pages on explanations like DNA testing or how GenBank works. But don't you hate explaining your work to non-scientists?
If the author has written this with the intent of it being ironic and wanting us to dislike Theo - that's a great concept, but what makes it great is the apparent authorial intent behind such a premise. Off the top of my head I'm reminded of Madame Bovary. Flaubert was masterful in narrating the story at two levels - one from Emma Bovary's point of view and one as the omniscient narrator who wastes no time in poking fun at her. All we have in The Naturalist is Theo's self-absorbed, insipid monologue, filled with useless interjections about his opinion on everything.
The writing is clunky and strange in places. The dialogue attempts to be witty in places, but I don't know whether it's because I disliked the rest of the book - it fell flat. In some places, it feels like the book was written in third-person and then switched to first-person.
she felt her warm blood drip down the cold flesh of her stomach
with my spectacles and absentmindedly combed hair
My words are terse and filled with self-loathing. "It's not her that I blame."
She could pass as a Brazilian or any other beautiful mélange
Oh, and this isn't even including the plot holes.
> One of Theo's former students, from like six years ago, dies. She took one class under him in one semester. She never contacted him after that, but apparently she told everyone he inspired her(?) and when she dies of a bear attack, his first instinct is that it's his fault because he didn't caution his students enough about the dangers of nature. What?
(Spoilers under the Read More link.)
> After he's already been suspected of murdering the student, he trespasses on to the scene of the crime(!!!!) and destroys evidence, is caught and is then immediately released. What?
> He finds a vague connection (USING THE POWER OF DATA) and does not understand what the shady contact means when she texts him 1004BJ. What?
Theo Cray reminds me of the worst side of STEM - people thinking their work alone impacts the world, as if commerce and law enforcement and writers and mental health therapists don't matter. He's self-absorbed - that's acceptable. What isn't acceptable is that I'm 40% through the book and not one character seems to be capable of putting him in his place, even verbally. Frankly, it might be possible that he gets his just deserts at the hands of someone by the end of the book. But I'm not going to stick around for that long.
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6/10
I read this a while ago, I remember it being a bit odd. A murder mystery with an unknown creature thought to be the killer. It was very science-y and I wasn’t a huge fan
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