L.A. Starks > Recent Status Updates

Catch Book Club on Monday, February 17th at 9-10 AM on Great Day SA (KENS5 CBS) and if you're in San Antonio, please stop by The Twig between 5:30-7:00 PM the same day. I'll be talking about Winner's Curse, writing, and reading.

Houston Friends! Join me at the grand reopening tomorrow, January 29, of the Town & Country Village Barnes & Noble at 5 PM to get signed copies of Winner's Curse & talk books & Houston snow!

West Texans! I'll be signing copies of Winner's Curse: A Lynn Dayton Thriller in Lubbock at Barnes & Noble at 2 PM Saturday (6002 Slide Road) and in Amarillo at Barnes & Noble at 2 PM Sunday (2415 Soncy Road). Come by and let's talk books! https://lastarksbooks.com/events/ https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/eve... https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/eve...

For the next few days (through 1/13) 83% off ($0.99 price) for first book in the Lynn Dayton award-winning thriller series, Kindle edition. 13 Days: The Pythagoras Conspiracy, Lynn Dayton Thriller #1. Get your copy. Tell your friends. https://www.amazon.com/13-Days-Pythag...

Talking about Winner's Curse: A Lynn Dayton Thriller with Andrea Jackson in this 6-minute clip from The Daily Flash. https://youtu.be/mOAhkJNCOjg

Fun, entertaining podcast about writing, reading, and energy (and Oklahoma!) with Alexander Greenwood for Mysterious Goings On!
Available on Apple Podcasts.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...

Briefly free worldwide for the next three days: short stories on Kindle.
*Robert & Therese Guillard: Choices
*Incurable
*A Time for Eating Wild Onions
Get your copies now and tell your friends.
https://www.amazon.com/stores/L.-A.-S...

Richardson, TX Barnes & Noble! In time for the holidays. Signed copies of all four Lynn Dayton thrillers available at this store only.

And, next two days, four short stories free on Kindle worldwide.

*Robert & Therese Guillard: Choices
*Incurable
*A Time for Eating Wild Onions
*Josh Rosen and Bubbe

Get your copies now and tell your friends.

https://www.amazon.com/stores/L.-A.-S...

DFW-area Goodreads friends: join me at the brand-new Richardson, TX UTD-area Barnes & Noble Saturday, November 9 at 3 PM to discuss writing and Winner's Curse.

Pavilion East Shopping Center. 1361 W. Campbell Road near the Richardson Bike Mart. 75080

Fun interview with UK entertainment e-magazine The Table Read about Winner's Curse and the writing life. https://www.thetablereadmagazine.co.u...

Happy to see this interview about Winner's Curse and the Lynn Dayton thriller series in our regional Preston Hollow Advocate.
writing, running, and the oil biz by Simon Pruitt with photos by Rae Overman. https://prestonhollow.advocatemag.com...

Houston-area friends.

Please stop by Barnes & Noble at Sugar Land/ First Colony Mall Saturday, October 26 at 2 PM. I'll be signing and informally discussing copies of Winner's Curse: A Lynn Dayton Thriller.

Hope to see you to discuss reading & writing! https://lastarksbooks.com/events/

Looking forward to reading new-in-Amazon Fang in Fang by my friend-across-the-pond Irina Slav. For those new to it, as I am, this is a book in the Basilisk genre, similar Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets. https://www.amazon.com/Fang-Agency-Ir...

Delighted to be interviewed by David McClam of True Crime Authors and Extraordinary People! You can listen to the podcast here: https://www.truecrimeandauthors.com/b...

My semi-annual newsletter with news about recommended books, writing, and energy is now posted! https://lastarksbooks.com/2024/10/08/...

Great time, great hosts, great people--all at the Midland, TX Barnes & Noble signing last weekend for Winner's Curse https://lastarksbooks.com/books/winne...

"The industry in-fighting and power plays against each other are tense and dramatic. Understandably so, because at the core of every conflict here is money. Whomever comes out on top and controls the revolutionary new technology can dictate the world’s production, use, and price of oil/gas. "

Read J Murray's whole Independent Book Review here! https://independentbookreview.com/202...

West Texas area mystery and thriller readers are invited to a Winner's Curse discussion and book signing at the Midland Barnes & Noble Saturday, 2PM. Here are mentions in the Midland & Fort Worth newspapers. https://www.mrt.com/things_to_do/arti... https://www.star-telegram.com/news/st...

"Winner's Curse is singular. In addition to an unusual setting/industry, Starks takes the reader all over the world: Texas, Chicago, London, Barcelona, Murmansk, etc....Starks wastes no time ramping up the excitement, beginning with the first paragraph." --The BookLife Prize 2024, Critic's Report

Good Kirkus review for Winner's Curse! Excerpt: "an energy executive finds herself entangled in international corruption . . . obstacles abound in the tension-packed narrative as a person close to Lynn works against her, a killer tries to cover their tracks, and acts of sabotage prove deadly . . . A measured but gripping tale of malfeasance on a global scale."

Debbi Mack's Crime Cafe blog features the first chapter of Winner's Curse!

https://debbi.substack.com/p/august-s...

Winner's Curse topped a regional bestsellers' list! https://www.tulsapeople.com/about-tow...