13 Days - Starks, L. A.
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"An explosive debut novel"--Boston Globe Book Forum "Starks has made an impressive debut with the command, passion, and insight of an insider." -Michael Lucker, executive producer, Lucky Dog Filmworks "Wow...Once I was hooked, I was flipping the pages as fast as possible. I loved the whole plot because I found it to be very unique. The characters were very realistic and I loved how the story is told from both the protagonist and villain's point of view." -Tina Chan, reviewer, The Book Landers Energy executive Lynn Dayton thinks her challenge is fixing the troubled Houston refinery her company…mehr

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"An explosive debut novel"--Boston Globe Book Forum "Starks has made an impressive debut with the command, passion, and insight of an insider." -Michael Lucker, executive producer, Lucky Dog Filmworks "Wow...Once I was hooked, I was flipping the pages as fast as possible. I loved the whole plot because I found it to be very unique. The characters were very realistic and I loved how the story is told from both the protagonist and villain's point of view." -Tina Chan, reviewer, The Book Landers Energy executive Lynn Dayton thinks her challenge is fixing the troubled Houston refinery her company has just bought. But soon she must save it, and other refineries, from the havoc and deaths directed by a French saboteur, simultaneously fighting off threats to her own life. As Lynn deals with chemical leaks, disloyal employees, a new season of hurricanes, and mounting casualties, Robert Guillard, a corrupted idealist, tries to manipulate her through her vulnerable sister. Can Lynn save her sister, her thousands of colleagues, and herself?
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Texan L. A. Starks is the author of the award-winning Lynn Dayton thriller series: 1) 13 Days: The Pythagoras Conspiracy, 2) Strike Price, 3) The Second Law, and now the fourth: Winner's Curse. The Second Law was a quarterfinalist in the 2023 ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition, an Action/Adventure finalist in the 2020 National Indie Excellence Awards, and a mystery/thriller quarterfinalist in the 2019 BookLife Prize competition. The Second Law and Strike Price also won first-place category awards from the Texas Association of Authors. Each book has received five-star reviews from readers.Amazon invited her to beta-test its Virtual Voice software: via Audible, she has published an audiobook edition of 13 Days with Virtual Voice and looks forward to doing so with her remaining three Lynn Dayton thrillers.L. A. Starks is a member (active status) of International Thriller Writers, Sisters in Crime, and Goodreads. A dedicated reader, she served six years on the board of the Friends of the Dallas Public Library.Starks earned a B.S. (engineering, magna cum laude) at Tulane University in New Orleans and an MBA in finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where she played intramural basketball for the Efficient Mockettes. She worked for over a decade for well-known energy companies, with one project earning her co-authorship of a US Patent. Besides writing high-stakes thrillers, Starks is a paid contributor on two Seeking Alpha platforms for her energy investment articles. She has run twenty-one half-marathons. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she grew up and graduated from high school in Oklahoma. She was in the first group of 25 (out of 33,000+ graduates in over a century) inducted into the Ponca City (Oklahoma) High School Hall of Fame. Her favorite recent international destinations are the Swiss and French Alps, Spain, and Japan.