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New review of Winner's Curse: A Lynn Dayton Thriller from Independent Book Review! https://lastarksbooks.com/wp-content/...

Great review for Winner's Curse from Publisher's Weekly! An excerpt: "Fast-paced and dramatic, Starks’s novel offers a slew of fascinating characters, including spies, estranged fathers , , , weaving in her own experience in the global energy sector to build a sharp plot that’s bolstered by obvious insider knowledge."

Read the whole review here:
https://booklife.com/booklife-review/...

Tulsa & Oklahoma GR friends: would love to see you for 6 PM Thursday, August 29 discussion and signing of Winner's Curse at Tulsa Southroads Barnes & Noble. 5231 E. 41st Street. https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/sto...

Cool update from Jenny Milchman on her upcoming book! Spotlight short essay on Winner's Curse, too. https://jennymilchman.com/newsletter/55

Great feature article in THE BIG THRILL (thanks Jose Bogran) about just-published Winner's Curse: A Lynn Dayton Thriller! https://www.thebigthrill.org/2024/08/...

I very much enjoyed this interview with Jack Rochester at The Fictional Cafe on pub day, August 20!

https://www.fictionalcafe.com/winners...

Interviewed by the great Jane McGarry of ABC Channel 8's (WFAA) Good Morning Texas program! https://www.wfaa.com/article/entertai...

Publication day for Winner's Curse! I was honored to be on WFAA, ABC channel 8's Good Morning Texas with star host Jane McGarry! Get your copy of Winner's Curse: A Lynn Dayton Thriller from your favorite bookstore or join me for the launch and book signing at Interabang in Dallas, Thursday, Aug 22nd at 6 PM. https://lastarksbooks.com/books/winne...

Pub day soon! Here's the announcement: https://lastarksbooks.com/2024/08/15/...

Great podcast interview about Winner's Curse with Mark LaCour of OGGN! https://youtu.be/6Ptegc46YTQ?feature=... or here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pteg...

There are probably many historical antecedents for the taking of child tributes per The Hunger Games trilogy, (including Shirley Jackson's The Lottery) but today I learned about the practice of devsirme, the child levy or the blood tax, implemented by Mehmed II between the 14th and 16th centuries. More here: https://digpodcast.org/2018/08/26/dev...

In addition to Barnes and Noble and Amazon, try your favorite independent bookstore if you choose to pre-order Winner's Curse! https://bookshop.org/p/books/winner-s...

Winner's Curse, the fourth Lynn Dayton thriller, is now available for pre-order at Barnes & Noble and at Amazon! https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/winn... https://www.amazon.com/dp/0991110757

Cover reveal for Winner's Curse, next in the Lynn Dayton thriller series! https://lastarksbooks.com/2024/06/22/...

You know you want it: all the great short stories (including Don't Get Caught by Karen Harrington) in Notorious in North Texas: Metroplex Mysteries Volume III. https://www.amazon.com/Notorious-Nort...

Check out book recommendations in my spring newsletter. https://lastarksbooks.com/2024/04/02/...

For you and your friends: enter the Goodreads giveaway for Strike Price, Lynn Dayton Thriller #2 https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

Great interview on YouTube by Bill Carl with David Watson in the UK about Carl's Dan Brown-like thriller, The Assassin's Manuscript https://youtu.be/tgkfeJzgb8U?si=UecIl...

Looking forward to reading Jenny Milchman's The Usual Silence, due out in September!

Super-pleased to announce that 13 Days: The Pythagoras Conspiracy is now available as an audiobook! It's on Audible and uses Amazon's Virtual Voice Technology. Page and sample here: https://www.amazon.com/13-Days-Pythag...

Among the ITW award nominees is a book I've reviewed for GR: HIDE, by Tracy Clark. Great Chicago-set pick!

Super-excited to see the ITW thriller award nominees--more great books and stories to read. Thank you, ITW! And for an impressive spy thriller set in an unfamiliar environment, I also recommend Black Wolf, by Kathleen Kent (just reviewed here on Goodreads).
https://thrillerwriters.org/

Celebrate the Oscar nominations for Lily Gladstone and Killers of the Flower Moon with an 87% discount on Kindle (worldwide) for related-setting novel STRIKE PRICE: Lynn Dayton Thriller #2. Just $0.99 for a few days. Get your copy. https://www.amazon.com/Strike-Price-D...