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ⓘ About Leslie Karst
Leslie Karst is the daughter of a potter and law professor who learned from a very young age the value of careful analysis of the arts and careful analysis while having conversations at the family table. She spent much of her early childhood and teen years in several towns and locales that included Santa Monica, California, Oxford, England, Mexico, South America, and Columbus, Ohio before she moved to Santa Cruz in South California, where she attended UCSC studying Romance Languages and English literature. Leslie would then go to Stanford Law School, and spent two decades working as an appellate and research lawyer for a prominent Santa Cruz law firm.
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Who is Leslie Karst?
Leslie Karst is the daughter of a potter and law professor who learned from a very young age the value of careful analysis of the arts and careful analysis while having conversations at the family table. She spent much of her early childhood and teen years in several towns and locales that included Santa Monica, California, Oxford, England, Mexico, South America, and Columbus, Ohio before she moved to Santa Cruz in South California, where she attended UCSC studying Romance Languages and English literature. Leslie would then go to Stanford Law School, and spent two decades working as an appellate and research…
Which Leslie Karst series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Sally Solari Mystery series, the earliest of Leslie Karst's multi-book series: it opens with Dying for a Taste (2016) and runs to 6 books across 2016–2023, ending with A Sense for Murder (2023). Leslie Karst's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Leslie Karst written?
Leslie Karst has 12 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2016 and 2026. 9 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Sally Solari Mystery series with 6 books — and 3 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Leslie Karst's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Leslie Karst's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Sally Solari Mystery (2016–2023, 6 books) and Orchid Isle Mystery (2024–2026, 3 books).
How are Leslie Karst's books organised into series?
This guide splits Leslie Karst's 12 books into 2 named series and 3 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Sally Solari Mystery (6 books, 2016–2023); Orchid Isle Mystery (3 books, 2024–2026).