L.A. Starks > Recent Status Updates

Super-excited to say that the audiobook edition of Winner's Curse: A Lynn Dayton Thriller is now available on Amazon! I had so much fun designing it with Virtual Voices--take a listen to hear the various dialects as chapter POVs vary! From British to Australian to, of course, American.

For readers on the go...

Three of my short stories are briefly free worldwide on Kindle. Pls see the Amazon Author page for L. A. Starks. They are a) Robert and Therese Guillard: Choices, b) Josh Rosen & Bubbe, and c) A Time for Eating Wild Onions.

Happy new year!

Called it! Problems from excess oilfield water in West Texas oilfields, per a WSJ story in the last few days? I called it over a year ago in prescient book Winner's Curse: A Lynn Dayton Thriller, highlighting intrigue around a valuable oilfield water recycle technology. Alas, still fictional but IRL quite important! Read it and be entertained by the characters and plot. And hope for a real-life breakthrough.

For those looking for the discounted Kindle edition (90% off through Dec 8 for just $0.99 US-equivalent), to locate it, the Amazon ASIN is B07JLDGTVL.

For bargain hunters: The Kindle edition of the award-winning thriller, The Second Law, Lynn Dayton Thriller #3, is briefly on sale at over 90% off ($0.99 in the US)!

Happy to announce the Winner's Curse is a finalist in the Action category for the 2025 IAN Book of the Year Award Winners!

https://www.independentauthornetwork....

https://lastarksbooks.com/

Garland, TX Central Library
625 Austin St.

First-ever Curiosity Fest at Garland Library
All about writing and reading!

Please stop by if you're in the area --I'll be there 1-3 PM with the Lynn Dayton thrillers

My fall 2025 newsletter has just been published and is available by (free) subscription or online at my website. Since my last newsletter I've read 26 books and have many recommendations. https://lastarksbooks.com/2025/09/10/...

For fun entertainment: I've added updated short, punchy book trailer videos for all FOUR Lynn Dayton thrillers. You can see them at my GR profile.

https://www.goodreads.com/videos/list...

New video trailer (1 min) for Winner's Curse just dropped! You can see it here. https://youtu.be/K7oBmA7hpxs?si=4CzKJ...

90% discount on Kindle edition of Winner's Curse, A Lynn Dayton Thriller, from $9.98 US to $0.99 US for a few days only. Kindle Countdown deal.

https://www.amazon.com/Winners-Curse-...

0.99 Kindle Countdown deal today in US for Winner's Curse: A Lynn Dayton thriller! https://itswritenow.com/

Cool new Amazon A+ content now for e-book edition of The Second Law: Lynn Dayton Thriller #3 https://www.amazon.com/Second-Law-Lyn...

Thx to all who came to my signing yesterday at BN Lincoln Park! AND for thriller readers and movie lovers, here's a new, very short (<1 minute) book trailer on YouTube for The Second Law: Lynn Dayton Thriller #3. https://youtu.be/z3e038zKZ34?si=_5_SG...

North TX area readers: You're invited to Barnes & Noble, 7700 W NW Highway, Suite 300 in Dallas on Saturday, June 28 between noon and 3 PM. I'll be signing copies of Winner's Curse: A Lynn Dayton Thriller. Come by and let's talk books and everything book-related.
https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/sto...

Prescient! Even I have been surprised by the relevance of the detail in Winner's Curse: A Lynn Dayton Thriller (think Mediterranean gas pipelines) to the current Middle East situation. Read this thriller to find out one of the secrets of the eastern Med. https://lastarksbooks.com/books/winne...

An underrecognized theme in STRIKE PRICE, Lynn Dayton Thriller #2, is the important economic engine (approx $3.5 billion annual budget) that is the Cherokee Nation. Here's a great video from the Nation on exactly that subject. And a link to the Strike Price book page from my website. https://lastarksbooks.com/books/strik... https://www.youtube.com/live/2LYiIn7Q...

The Second Law: Lynn Dayton Thriller #3 is now available as an inexpensive Audible (Virtual Voice) audiobook. Check out the chapters read in the Australian accent (and all the other chapters.) https://www.amazon.com/Second-Law-Lyn...

Read or listen to the book that was both too prescient and with an antagonist too true for Hollywood. The Second Law: Lynn Dayton Thriller #3. Just now published in audiobook (Virtual Voice), joining print and e-book editions from Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Second-Law-Day...

Also available in print from Barnes & Noble (Firewheel!) or your favorite independent bookstore.

Briefly free: all four Amazon Kindle stand-alone short stories. Normally $0.99 each. Get your copy of "Incurable," "A Time for Eating Wild Onions," "Josh Rosen and Bubbe," and "Robert and Therese Guillard." Ends soon.
All at the link:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/L.%20A....

Check out the new 1-minute book trailer for STRIKE PRICE, Lynn Dayton Thriller #2, on YouTube!
https://youtu.be/umluWYE87VU?si=lhHP7...

Or check out both on my website.
https://lastarksbooks.com/