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If of interest, join me to talk about reading, writing, Winner's Curse, or a favorite book: Q&A today for A Good Thriller Goodreads group, Book of the Month-July! https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I'm pleased to announce that Winner's Curse: A Lynn Dayton Thriller has been named a 2026 B.R.A.G. Medallion honoree. Besides its obvious pronunciation, B.R.A.G. stands for Book Readers Appreciation Group. https://www.bragmedallion.com/award-w...

Very pleased to see the great review of Winner's Curse on BookBub by lynguy! And I invite all readers to stop by A Good Thriller's BOTM this month as we discuss exactly this book. Q&A on 7/31.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

curious about real water drama in West Texas?

Read Winner's Curse in ebook, print or audio
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0991110757

Participate in July Goodreads BOTM discussion of the book.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Listen to Dr. Scott Tinker, a reference for the book, as he talks about water and West Texas.
https://veriten.com/stream/cobt-335/

Looking for more to read? A list with links for twenty-six of my favorite mysteries and thrillers can be found on my website under Author Notes.

https://lastarksbooks.com/author-notes/

Excited that Winner's Curse is a BOTM pick for July for Goodreads group, A Good Thriller!

Excited that Winner's Curse is a BOTM pick for July for Goodreads group, A Good Thriller!

Excited that Winner's Curse is a BOTM pick for July for Goodreads group, A Good Thriller!

West Texas readers are invited to join L. A. Starks and other local authors Saturday, May 23rd, at the Midland, Texas Barnes & Noble 2617 West 250N for discussions and signings.

Bring your questions!

The Kindle edition of award-winning The Second Law: Lynn Dayton Thriller #3 is discounted from nearly $10 to only $0.99 on Amazon for a short time. Get your copy. Tell your friends!

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And-very pleased to see the Advocate article about Winner's Curse and the other Lynn Dayton thrillers as an Editor's Pick!

I'm pleased to announce that Winner's Curse: A Lynn Dayton Thriller was a Finalist in the Action/Adventure category for the 2025 Independent Author Network (IAN) Book of the Year Awards as well as a Finalist in the 2026 Indies Today Book Award Contest.

Offer! Between April 2 and 6, my 4 Kindle stand-alone short stories are free, marked down from $0.99 each. They are: a) Robert & Therese Guillard: Choices, b) A Time for Eating Wild Onions, c) Josh Rosen and Bubbe (I am especially fond of the ending of this one), & d) Incurable. Each tie into characters in the Lynn Dayton thriller series. Tell your friends. Links at my Amazon page.

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From Venezuela to the eastern Mediterranean to West Texas, the Lynn Dayton oil and gas thrillers are eerily prescient, informative about the global conflicts we face right now. AKA perhaps you've paid a higher gasoline price recently? Readers, see for yourself. Paper, e-book, and audio editions available. LAStarksBooks DOT com or Amazon DOT com /dp/B075TYB5B7

My semi-annual newsletter (Spring 2026), which includes recommendations for several of the books I've read in the last six months, is now live on my website: lastarksbooks DOT com. In the section on energy, I briefly review the key oil chokepoint influencing prices: the Strait of Hormuz. And for Oklahoma and mid-continent readers, yes, as in STRIKE PRICE, deadly tornadoes have popped in the last few days.

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!