Sally Solari Mysteries

Book Two in the Series

I KNEW, OF COURSE, that I should be frightened by what had happened.

And I was.

"Engaging characters, terrific writing, and a savory blend of musical and culinary erudition...polymath Karst sauces her plot without masking its flavor. And she's a dab hand with the red herrings."

- Publishers Weekly
Starred Review

"...wit as razor sharp as chef's knives...this savory story is sure to be as much of a hit as the first."

- San Francisco Book Review

"A mystery that rings true and features several unexpected twists along with the appended recipes that are de rigueur for culinary cozies."

-Kirkus Reviews

A MEASURE OF MURDER Now Available From Crooked Lane Books

Sally Solari's kitchen is heating up, as is her new case—seasoned with a dash of revenge and a pinch of peril.

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's back on another murder case mixed in with a dash of revenge, a pinch of peril, and a suspicious stack of sheet music.

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. Can Sally catch the killer before she’s burnt to a crisp, or will the case grow as cold as yesterday’s leftovers?

In a stew of suspects and restaurateurs, trouble boils over in the second in Leslie Karst’s tasty and tantalizing Sally Solari mystery series, A Measure of Murder.

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The Fragrance of Death Author Leslie Karst