My Musing ~ Molten Death by Leslie Karst

A glimpse of a quickly melting corpse at the foot of a volcano has amateur sleuth and food enthusiast Valerie Corbin shocked. But how can she investigate a murder, when there’s no evidence the victim ever existed? The first Orchid Isle cozy mystery, set in...

Cover Reveal ~ Molten Death by Leslie Karst

I’m thrilled to host the cover reveal for the first book in a new mystery series by Leslie Karst, coming April 2024 and now up for preorder. Publication Date: April 2, 2024 Publisher: Severn House Format: Print, Digital Name of Series: Orchid Isle, Book #1 Genre: Cozy...

A Word With Leslie Karst

Why do you write the genre that you write?I first started reading Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers as a teenager, and they whetted my appetite for smart-yet-not-gory mystery novels where the character development is as important as the puzzle. Then, years later,...

Coming Soon ~ New Series / More Books

Look for. . .   A Whisper of Poison by Jess Lourey, in which a teenaged apothecary takes down the walls of her isolated society when they make the mistake of killing her brother in favor of the system, in a three book deal. Molten Death, Waters of Destruction by...

Cover Reveal ~ A Sense for Murder by Leslie Karst

Since I’ve been reading this series from the beginning and loving it and I’m so excited to host the cover reveal for the sixth book in Leslie Karst’s mystery series, coming August 2023 and now up for preorder. Publication Date: August 1, 2023Publisher: Severn...