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Leslie Karst

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Sue Grafton, Dorothy L. Sayers, Julia Child, Diana Mott Davidson

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April 2014


The daughter of a law professor and a potter, Leslie Karst learned early, during family dinner conversations, the value of both careful analysis and the arts—ideal ingredients for a mystery story. Putting this early education to good use, she now writes the Sally Solari Mysteries (Dying for a Taste, A Measure of Murder, Death al Fresco, Murder from Scratch), a culinary series set in Santa Cruz, California.

An ex-lawyer like her sleuth, Leslie also has degrees in English literature and the culinary arts. She now spends her time cooking, singing alto in her local chorus, gardening, cycling, and of course writing. Leslie and her wife and their Jack Russell mix split their time between Santa Cruz and Hilo, Hawai‘i.

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I was supremely excited about this new Starlit Bookshop mystery series by Cynthia Kuhn and am happy to report that I was not disappointed! Blending the best attributes of bookshop and academic cozies, HOW TO BOOK A MURDER—featuring the delightful and ...more
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