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Leslie Karst

Biography

Leslie Karst

Leslie Karst has degrees in English literature, law and culinary arts. After graduating from Stanford Law School, she worked for 20 years as a research and appellate attorney before retiring. Karst now spends her time cooking, gardening, cycling, singing alto in the local community chorus, and, of course, writing. She and her wife, Robin, and their Jack Russell mix, Ziggy, split their time between Santa Cruz, California and Hilo, Hawaii.

Leslie Karst

Books by Leslie Karst

A Measure of Murder: A Sally Solari Mystery
by Leslie Karst - Fiction, Mystery

Sally Solari is busy juggling work at her family’s Italian restaurant, Solari’s, and helping Javier plan the autumn menu for the restaurant she’s just inherited, Gauguin. Complicating this already hectic schedule, Sally joins her ex-boyfriend Eric’s chorus, which is performing a newly discovered version of her favorite composition: the Mozart Requiem. But then, at the first rehearsal, a tenor falls to his death on the church courtyard --- and his soprano girlfriend is sure it wasn’t an accident. Now Sally is back on another murder case, and while tensions in the chorus heat up, so does the kitchen at Gauguin --- set aflame right as Sally starts getting too close to the truth.

Dying for a Taste: A Sally Solari Mystery
by Leslie Karst - Fiction, Mystery

After losing her mother to cancer, Sally Solari quits her job as an attorney to help her dad run his old-style Italian eatery in Santa Cruz, California. But managing the front of the house is far from her dream job. Then in a sudden twist her Aunt Letta is found murdered in her own restaurant, and Sally is the only one who can keep the place running. Leslie Karst serves a platter of intrigue in her stirring and satisfying debut DYING FOR A TASTE, which is sure to become a new favorite of food mystery fans.