Strike Price

L A Starks

ISBN 10: 0991110706 / ISBN 13: 9780991110704

Published by Nemaha Ridge Publishing Group LLC, 2014

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Murder disrupts a billion-dollar oil deal STRIKE PRICE is a story about a business deal turned deadly, concluding with a plot to destroy a hidden, crucial US oil center and bring the US into confrontation with another global powerTo stop the plot and save lives, up-by-the-bootstraps Lynn Dayton must trust a Cherokee elder who carries a corrosive secretExclusively in the print edition, STRIKE PRICE features authentic Cherokee syllabary text in clues that tie fascinating Native American history to global high-stakes drama todayIf you're looking for big business wheeling-and dealing, international intrigue, murder, mayhem and high-geared action, you've come to the right placeToss in a charming and nervy protagonist like Lynn Dayton and LAStarks' STRIKE PRICE is right on the moneyWell-written, well-plotted and well worth a reader's timeCarlton Stowers - - - two-time Edgar winner 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 marketMichael Ennis - - - author of New York Times bestseller, The Malice of Fortune Plan on not sleeping tonightJames Gary Vineyard - - - author of The Grave On Peckerwood Hill Fast-paced and convincingly choreographed, Starks' novel presents a spot-on depiction of today's oil business that grips and scares and offers the reader plenty to think aboutRichard Holcroft - - - author of Patriot's Blood Summary: When several people involved in bidding for an oil refinery are murdered, the situation becomes far more than a billion-dollar business dealA self-made woman in the oil industry, Lynn Dayton fights to save lives when escalating attacks reveal a hired assassin's plan to disrupt oil trade, wreck world economies, and draw another global power into dangerous confrontation with the United StatesAre the killers rogue civil servants challenging the Cherokees' financial independence, Sansei operatives again wreaking violence, or sinister investors swapping the bidding war for a real one? Lynn Dayton and Cherokee tribal executive Jesse Drum must learn to trust each other so they can find and stop the killersCan sobering up really be fatal? How have so many of the deaths been made to appear accidental? Who's creating weapons with modern poisons and ancient Cherokee arts?

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Strike Price
• Publisher: Nemaha Ridge Publishing Group LLC
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0991110706
• ISBN 13: 9780991110704
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

"If you're looking for big business wheeling-and-dealing, international intrigue, murder, mayhem, and high-geared action, you've come to the right place."--Carlton Stowers, two-time Edgar winner

Murder disrupts a billion-dollar oil deal.STRIKE PRICE is a story about a business deal turned deadly, concluding with a plot to destroy a hidden, crucial US oil center and bring the US into confrontation with another global power. To stop the plot and save lives, up-by-the-bootstraps Lynn Dayton must trust a Cherokee elder who carries a corrosive secret.

STRIKE PRICE features authentic Cherokee syllabary text in clues that tie fascinating Native American history to global high-stakes drama today. Fans of Lynn Dayton in 13 Days: The Pythagoras Conspiracy are in for more heart-stopping action and international thrills.

About the Author

<i>Click on the 'follow' button to follow author L.A. Starks on Amazon!</i><br><br><i> <br>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.</i><br><br><i> <br>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.</i><br><br><i> <br>Each book has received five-star reviews from readers and is available in print and Kindle e-book. Via Amazon's Virtual Voices, she has published Audible audiobook editions of 13 DAYS, STRIKE PRICE, THE SECOND LAW, and soon, WINNER's CURSE.. She looks forward to doing so with her remaining two Lynn Dayton thrillers.</i><br><br><i> <br>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.</i><br><br><br><i>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 was a paid contributor at Seeking Alpha for her energy investment articles (over 700). She has run twenty-two half-marathons.</i><br><br><i> <br>Born in Boston, Mass