Incurable

by L.A. Starks

After an investigator gathers his evidence, overwhelming passion channeled by a fierce intellect drives an energy executive to take her revenge. This all-too-human story of jealousy is set in a surprisingly intense Southwest with a background of global, billion-dollar stakes.

10 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 15, 2020

About the author

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WINNER'S CURSE: A LYNN DAYTON THRILLER
Pub date: August 20, 2024
Publisher's Weekly Review: "Takeaway: Gripping sprint through the make-or-break oil and gas industry."
"Starks’s latest thriller, the fourth in her Lynn Dayton series, after (The Second Law), takes readers on a raucous ride of misadventure with Lynn Dayton. . . . Fast-paced and dramatic, Starks’s novel offers a slew of fascinating characters, including spies, estranged fathers, and both upstanding and morally corrupt politicians, all while establishing Dayton as a strong female lead, succeeding in a male-dominated, treacherous industry. Starks not only showcases the profession’s heavy sexism but also its complex web of power, effectively weaving in her own experience in the global energy sector to build a sharp plot that’s bolstered by obvious insider knowledge . . .Despite the many subplots that eventually unfold, from corporate rivalries to international politics, the novel ultimately comes together well, offering plenty of twists and turns along the way. Dayton’s undertakings are as risky as they are critical, but Starks offsets the danger with hefty character-driven scenes that will resonate with readers."
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WINNER'S CURSE: A LYNN DAYTON THRILLER is a pulse-pounding new thriller hurling you through the eye-opening, dramatic world of oil and gas. While taking you from the west Texas plains to Hungarian salons, Starks expertly infuses insider knowledge of this trillion-dollar industry into this suspenseful technothriller to keep you on the edge of your seat.

THE SECOND LAW (Lynn Dayton Thriller #3): *winner of first place award from Texas Authors for best international thriller,
*quarter-finalist (one of 62 out of 800+) for the 2019 BookLife Prize with a critic's rating of 9.5/10.0.
*finalist in action/adventure category of the National Indie Excellence Awards 2020.
*quarterfinalist in ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition 2023.
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THE SECOND LAW is about deadly cybersabotage. Protagonist Lynn Dayton must uncover and stop a multi-pronged plot.

"unremitting suspense throughout...Spirited characters, both good and bad, populate this engaging, often surprising thriller."--Kirkus

Readers who enjoy stories of mystery, murder, mayhem and espionage will relish the intricate, complex yet highly accessible series of events The Second Law unfolds."
--D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review

STRIKE PRICE, (Lynn Dayton thriller #2), winner of a first place award from Texas Authors for best mystery/thriller, is a story about a business deal turned deadly, concluding with a plot to destroy a hidden-but-crucial energy base and force the US into confrontation with another global power. To stop it, up-by-the-bootstraps Lynn Dayton must trust a Cherokee elder who carries a corrosive secret.
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“Strike Price takes the reader from Oklahoma Indian reservations to the streets of Florence, in an imaginative and well informed fusion of oil refining economics, Native American politics, and the potential for lethal mayhem in the global energy market.”
Michael Ennis - - - author of New York Times bestseller, The Malice of Fortune

13 DAYS:THE PYTHAGORAS CONSPIRACY (Lynn Dayton thriller #1) is about a plan to sabotage oil refineries and Lynn Dayton, the woman who must discover and stop it.
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Rating: Excellent “Author L A. Starks delivers an unstoppable thriller that put this reviewer in mind of bestselling novels of this genre over the last several decades, with the welcome addition of depth . . . This is truly a book which will linger in the reader's mind long after the final ending, as we wond

Reviews

[PamG · Rating 2 out of 5]

Incurable, A Short Story by L. A. Starks is a very short story featuring an unknown private investigator, his unknown client, and the subject of the investigation known only as ‘Silver Rat’.

I did not feel a connection to any of the characters. There were no names and nothing tangible to bridge the gap of the unknowns other than some jealousy. This story felt very clichéd to me and had no surprises.

While I thoroughly enjoy this author’s Lynn Dayton series, this short story failed to show her remarkable abilities that come through so well in her novels.

Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own and are not biased in any way.

[Richard · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too short, too ambiguous and a little bit scary.

A short story about a PI not overtly successful, but well accustomed to the messy, blame-ridden, heart-breaking investigations into ex-marital affairs and unfaithful partners.

The PI get a client; her married boyfriend is cheating on her. He is paid in cash and finds the proof she demands.

Set against a high stakes, multi-million pound entrepreneur backdrop it is an investigation he has over succeeded and blown the budget. But what will the high class woman do with the information, his advice is forget him, move on.

Another wad of cash is exchanged. But he feels he cannot in all consciousness assist her anymore other than forget he ever undertook the case.

A woman hard to forget, and one never to cross!

[Una Tiers · Rating 5 out of 5]

A short story about .... Nicely written.

[John Olson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short interesting tale of investigator and client.

[P.S. Winn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like short stories and would love to see this author put all the stories in one collection instead of individually. This is the story of intrigue, jealousy, and infidelity. The short tale doesn't introduce the characters in detail but instead focuses on what they are dealing with.