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Leslie Karst


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The daughter of a law professor and a potter, Leslie Karst spent her early years in various locales: Columbus, Ohio; South America and Mexico; Oxford, England; and Santa Monica, California. She moved from Southern California to Santa Cruz to study English literature and romance languages at UCSC, and has been a Northern California gal ever since.Leslie went on to attend Stanford Law School and then worked for twenty years as the research and appellate attorney for a civil law firm in Santa Cruz County.
 


Genres: Cozy Mystery
 
Series
Sally Solari Mystery
   1. Dying for a Taste (2016)
   2. A Measure of Murder (2017)
   3. Death Al Fresco (2018)
   4. Murder from Scratch (2019)
   5. The Fragrance of Death (2022)
   6. A Sense for Murder (2023)
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Books containing stories by Leslie Karst
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Black Cat Weekly #130 (2024)
(Black Cat Weekly, book 130)

Award nominations
2024 Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery Novel (nominee) : A Sense for Murder
2020 Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery Novel (nominee) : Murder from Scratch
2019 Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery Novel (nominee) : Death Al Fresco


Leslie Karst recommends
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Death by Bubble Tea (2022)
(LA Night Market, book 1)
Jennifer J Chow
"As addictive as shrimp dumplings and sticky rice in lotus leaves, Jennifer J. Chow's Death By Bubble Tea will provide a delightful treat for lovers of culinary cozies. With its intrepid sleuth and vividly-drawn setting, this clever whodunit will have you greedily turning the pages for more."
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The Study of Secrets (2020)
(Lila Maclean Academic Mystery, book 5)
Cynthia Kuhn
"With its smart and intrepid protagonist, witty writing, and insightful look into the power struggles that erupt when literary and academic egos collide, this clever and puzzling whodunit earns top marks in my book."

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