10/29/24; 315 pages
Thomas & Mercer
Trasker #2
Death Stake by Andrew Mayne is a very highly recommended action-packed thriller and the second novel in the Brad Trasker series following Night Owl in 2023. This is a great addition to the series!
Retired
intelligence operative Brad Trasker is head of security at Wind Aerospace for CEO
Kylie Connor when he learns about a security breach. A photo of their
top-secret AI-designed hydrogen engine has surfaced online. Trasker's investigation points to
Josiah Levenstein, a young man who is clearly not a criminal mastermind
and later is found dead. This leads to the start-up company xQuadrant
started by three young software developers. Kylie invested in it and now
the young men have disappeared along with nearly a
million dollars in investment money.
Trasker begins to follow the trail of the missing young men. It leads him to Bangkok, Thailand, where the HQ of xQuadrant is a padlocked crime scene. The complex investigation in to what happened enters the sophisticated high-tech world of cryptocurrency, the international
underworld, cyber-crime,
digital espionage, spies and double agents, and internal betrayal.
Death Stake follows
Trasker's investigation in this compelling, high octane, action-packed,
complicated thriller. There are so many intricate twists and turns in
the plot you will be unable to set the fast-paced novel down. I enjoyed
every minute of following Trasker as he pieces together clues and makes
numerous plans on the fly in order to escape death multiple times.
Trasker is an
interesting, full-realized, savvy character with a keen intelligence, a
world of experience, and a smart mouth. Even though this is the second
book in the series, it can be read as a standalone. I would recommend
reading Night Owl first because it is another very highly recommended novel and it is a great initial introduction to the characters.
Death Stake is an
exceptional, dynamic, satisfying thriller and I'm looking forward to a
third installment featuring Brad Trasker! Thanks to Thomas & Mercer for providing me with an
advance reader's copy via NetGalley. My review is voluntary and
expresses my honest opinion.
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