Molten Death - An Interview, Review, & Giveaway

I'm happy to welcome Leslie Karst back to Cozy Up With Kathy today. Leslie writes the Orchid Island Mystery series. MOLTEN DEATH is the first book in the series and was released this week.

Kathy: MOLTEN DEATH is the first Orchid Island Mystery. What made you decide to start a new series?

LK: After finishing up A SENSE FOR MURDER, the sixth book in my Sally Solari mystery series, I came to the conclusion that I’d now pretty much told Sally’s story and was ready to move on to something new. I’d been living half time on the Big Island of Hawai‘i since 2007 (and making annual visits since 1990), and it struck me that it would be marvelous to set a series in this amazing place and bring it alive to those who’ve never had the chance to visit the state, or who have done so but would love to revisit via armchair traveling with my book.


Kathy: In MOLTEN DEATH we meet retired caterer Valerie Corbin and her wife Kristen who are looking forward to enjoying the delicious food and vibrant culture of Hawai'i. What is your favorite Hawaiian delicacy?

LK: Oh, boy, such a hard question! If I had to pick only one, I think it would have to be poke (pronounced “poh-kay”), which is bite-size pieces of raw sushi-grade fish—often ahi tuna—mixed with seasonings such as soy or oyster sauce, sesame oil, seaweed, green onions, even sriracha-mayonnaise. It’s delicious! Poke is often served over steamed rice, but it goes great with crackers or tortilla chips, as well. (And yes, there’s a recipe for poke—three different kinds!—in MOLTEN DEATH.)


Kathy: Location can play an integral role in a mystery. What makes the “Orchid Island” the perfect setting for your series?

LK: For me, what that makes the Big Island so very special is the presence of two active volcanoes (three, if you count Hualālai, which looms over the tourist town of Kailua-Kona and last erupted in 1801—just yesterday, in geologic terms). This ongoing volcanic activity has shaped not only the island’s geology, flora, and fauna, but also the culture of the intrepid Polynesians who made the long voyage from the South Pacific to the archipelago by outrigger canoe some eight hundred years ago.

Living in a place where at any moment the land can tremble and shake and where molten rock can spew from the depths of the earth and come rushing down the mountain towards your village will have an enormous impact on how you view life. Dances, chants, and intonations to Pele with her streaming hair of fire become all important in an attempt to appease the volcano goddess and implore her to spare your family, your community, your land. Even today, inhabitants of the Big Island pay respect to Pele by leaving her offerings of gin and woven leis of ti intertwined with ‘ōhi‘a lehua blossoms along the rim of Kīlauea crater.

Which of course makes it the perfect location for a novel in which the protagonist witnesses a human leg being covered over by hot, molten rock and sets out to discover the mystery of the body in the lava!


Kathy: What's your favorite aspect of Hawaiian culture?

LK: The aloha spirit, which truly is a vital component of the culture of the Hawaiian islands.

Here’s a fun example: Shortly after my wife and I moved to Hilo, we were heading down the sidewalk near our home and spied a gang of teenage boys approaching us from the opposite direction. They were big, tall, and quite tough looking, jostling each other roughly as they walked. Expecting them to pass us by with gruff looks—or worse—we smiled nervously as they came near.

But what did they do? As one, every single boy smiled broadly and said to us in a friendly, melodic, high-pitched voice, “Hello aunty!”


Kathy: Valerie believes a murder has been committed, but she's the only witness to a now-vanished corpse. Have you ever seen something that no one else believed?

LK: I’ve certainly never seen a dead body out on a lava flow, thank goodness! Nor have I ever witnessed a ghost, or a man in a dark coat following me, or a UFO, or anything else that any one would have reason to disbelieve. So I guess my answer is no. Which is a good thing, because—as Valerie discovers in MOLTEN DEATH—it’s no fun at all to have folks not believe you when you know you saw something. Especially of that “thing” is a corpse....


Kathy: Was there a specific inspiration for this story?

LK: As I said above, I’ve luckily never seen a corpse being covered by hot lava, but I have heard tales of people using the flow as a way to hide bodies. Which makes a lot of sense, since once it’s been covered by hardened rock, no one is ever going to find that body again. So it was partly that, but also my fascination with and awe regarding volcanoes. Another story:

One of the most memorable experiences I ever had occurred during my first visit to the Big Island, when my volcano-junkie parents (yes, I come by it honestly)—who were spending several months on the island—took my partner (now wife) and me out for a pre-dawn hike to see the current lava flow. After walking for an hour or so over an arid, black landscape more reminiscent of the moon than of a tropical paradise, we saw a red glow and steam rising in the distance and cautiously approached. There at our feet was a gaping hole some ten feet wide that had opened up in the hardened rock.

It was a volcanic skylight: a view down into a lava tube in which a river of molten rock flowed immediately below us, its orange-white magma so bright that it was impossible to stare at for more than a moment. Frightened by the sight—and scalded by the searing-hot steam rising from the hole—we jumped back quickly. Would the rock we were standing upon crumble, too, and send us tumbling into the river of lava? But the sight proved far too compelling, and as one, the four of us crept forward once again to gaze in awe down into the fiery depths, below.


Kathy: When it comes to writing I understand there are 2 general camps-plotters, who diligently plot their stories, and pansters, who fly by the seat of their pants. Are you a plotter, a panster, or do you fall somewhere in between?

LK: I started out as a devout plotter, writing multi-page outlines before typing one word of my manuscript. But over the course of now seven published mysteries, I’ve shifted. I still do a fair amount of outlining—and I always know who did it, why, and what the inciting incident is that makes my protagonist take on the investigation—but I now allow myself to simply write, not always knowing exactly where it will take me. And I have to say, I’m sometimes surprised about where that is! Which makes the writing process that much more fun.


Kathy: Authors are required to do a lot of their own marketing, especially for a new release. What's your favorite part of marketing your work? What do you dislike about marketing?

LK: My favorite part is absolutely engaging with readers and other writers. The crime writing community is the most friendly, warm, and generous group of people I’ve ever had the good fortune to spend time with, and I treasure all of you!

The worse? Having to “sell” myself and my books. Ugh. It’s so very hard having to do what seems like bragging all the time in order to get publicity for your books. As a result, I am eternally grateful to anyone who does that bragging for me. Thank to all of you who review my—and others’—books or talk them up to your friends and on social media!


Kathy: Will you share any other upcoming books?

LK: I’m currently writing book two in the Orchid Isle mystery series, entitled WATERS OF DESTRUCTION. In this sequel to MOLTEN DEATH, my protagonist Valerie is hired as a bartender at the Speckled Gecko, where her pal Sachiko is the dining room manager. The guy she replaces has not shown up for work for several days, and everyone assumes he’s merely gone AWOL. But when his body is discovered in the Wailuku River (whose name means “waters of destruction”) and Sachiko becomes the prime suspect in his murder, Valerie steps in to help her friend and investigate. The only question is, can Valerie discover the identity of the real culprit before her customers learn that it’s more than Mai Tais she’s been serving up at the bar? 

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Review

MOLTEN DEATH by Leslie Karst

The First Orchid Isle Mystery

Their trip to Hawai'i was supposed to be a time to rest and relax, but that goes out the window when Valerie Corbin sees a body disappearing in the molten lava and neither her wife, Kristen, or friend Isaac seem to believe her. Witnessing that leg disappearing in the fiery lava reminds Valerie too much of the accident that recently killed her brother. After reading about a missing person and unable to get the horrific images out of her mind, she decides to start asking some questions. Although her preoccupation is causing a rift between her and Kirsten, Valerie needs answers. But will her push for the truth cause more harm than good?

MOLTEN DEATH is a truly unique mystery. Technically, there is no crime, so there’s no police involvement. Valerie sees a leg that is engulfed by lava before anyone else sees it. While readers believe her, everyone else is doubtful. Before she can even suggest foul play, Valerie deems it imperative to find out to whom the leg, and presumably body, belonged. The novel is a mix between Valerie trying to identify the body and determining what happened to it, relaxing and enjoying the sites and food of Hawai'i, and dealing with relationship issues along with the aftermath of the accident that killed her brother.

While I truly appreciate the Hawaiian spellings and use of Pidgin, trying to mentally pronounce everything tended to be a distraction, if not taking me out of the story then slowing the pacing to a crawl. That being said, I loved the information provided, especially the reasoning behind speaking Pidgin and the ability some people have to easily switch between that and standard English. One of my favorite aspects of the book was all the knowledge that was shared, from the various sites, cultural aspects, food, and weather!

MOLTEN DEATH is an appealing entry to the Orchid Island Mystery series with diverse characters, an exotic setting, and a compelling story. There are also plenty of great foodie descriptions with recipes included at the end of the book.

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 Molten Death (An Orchid Isle Mystery) by Leslie Karst

About Molten Death

Molten Death (An Orchid Isle Mystery)
Cozy Mystery 1st in Series
Setting - the Big Island of Hawai‘i
Publisher: ‎ Severn House (April 2, 2024)
Hardcover: ‎ 224 pages

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 tropical Hilo, Hawai'i, introduces a fun and feisty LGBTQ+ couple who swap surfing lessons for sleuthing sessions!

Retired caterer Valerie Corbin and her wife Kristen have come to the Big Island of Hawai'i to treat themselves to a well-earned tropical vacation. After the recent loss of her brother, Valerie is in sore need of a distraction from her troubles and is looking forward to enjoying the delicious food and vibrant culture the state has to offer.

Early one morning, the couple and their friend - tattooed local boy, Isaac - set out to see an active lava flow, and Valerie is mesmerized by the shape-shifting mass of orange and red creeping over the field of black rock. Spying a boot in the distance, she strides off alone, pondering how it could have gotten there, only to realize to her horror that the boot is still attached to a leg - a leg which is slowly being engulfed by the hot lava.

Valerie's convinced a murder has been committed - but as she's the only witness to the now-vanished corpse, who's going to believe her?

Determined to prove what she saw, and get justice for the unknown victim, Valerie launches her own investigation. But, thrown into a Hawaiian culture far from the luaus and tiki bars of glossy tourist magazines, she soon begins to fear she may be the next one to end up entombed in shiny black rock . . .

The amiable characters, stunning backdrop and culinary delights make this the perfect cozy of fans who enjoy a tropical vacation with a twisty murder mystery and compelling Hawai'ian culture - paired with an added bonus of recipes of local Hawai'ian dishes!

 

About Leslie Karst

In addition to Molten Death, Leslie Karst is the author of the Lefty Award-nominated Sally Solari mystery series and Justice is Served: A Tale of Scallops, the Law, and Cooking for RBG. After years waiting tables and singing in a new wave rock band, she decided she was ready for a “real” job and ended up at Stanford Law School. It was during her career as an attorney that Leslie rediscovered her youthful passion for food and cooking and once more returned to school—this time to earn a degree in culinary arts. Now retired from the law, Leslie spends her time cooking, cycling, gardening, observing cocktail hour promptly at five o’clock, and of course writing. She and her wife split their time between Santa Cruz, California and Hilo, Hawai‘i.

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A Sense for Murder - An Interview, Excerpt, & Giveaway

I'm pleased to welcome Leslie Karst to Cozy Up With Kathy today. Leslie writes the Sally Solari Mystery series. A Sense for Murder is the sixth book in the series and is being released today!

Kathy: Chef Sally Solari has a French-Polynesian restaurant. Is this one of your favorite cuisines?

LK: It is, indeed! I’ve long adored French food (can you say cream sauce?), and then—once I started spending time in Hawai‘i—came to discover the marvelous foods of the South Pacific, as well. And it was good fun coming up with the menu for Gauguin, the restaurant Sally inherits in book one of the series, as I got to play with all sorts of fun recipe ideas from both cuisines—things like Duck à la Lilikoi and Grilled Salmon with Papaya and Avocado Relish.


Kathy: In A Sense for Murder Sally gets the opportunity to volunteer at a farm-to-table dinner. I love the farm-to-table concept and eating locally. Have you been to a farm-to-table meal?

LK: I have, and they are so much fun—and so very delicious! The chance to try dishes prepared from ingredients produced within just a few miles (and sometimes a few hundred yards) of where you’re dining is truly special, and it’s wonderful to get to meet the farmers who’ve grown the vegetables and raised the sheep, chickens and pigs whose cheese, eggs, and meat you’re about to eat. If you’re ever given the chance to attend a farm-to-table dinner, I encourage you to do so!


Kathy: The event also has an auction featuring a signed boxset of Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child. Are you a fan of Julia? I know I am!

LK: Very much so! I first encountered the French Chef back in the late ’60s, when she was a regular part of the PBS lineup on TV. I’d join my mother upstairs on my parents’ bed to watch the show, and as Mom took notes on a pad of paper, scribbling down recipes for use at future dinner parties, I’d gape open-mouthed at this big, boisterous, woman slapping butter on chickens as she laughed and recounted tales of her days in Paris.

And then later, after I bought a copy of Mastering the Art of French Cooking and started trying out the recipes for myself, I became even more of a fan. (Yes, her multi-page method for making coq au vin is rather time-consuming, but preparing the mushrooms and onions separately to add at the end—thereby allowing them to retain their own special flavors—makes for a truly remarkable dish.)


Kathy: I happen to collect cookbooks, though I rarely cook from them. Do you have a cookbook collection?

LK: I don’t have an enormous cookbook collection—and the older I get, the less I use recipes when I cook. (I’m more a seat-of-the-pants style cook, adding this and that until something tastes good.) But I do have a lot of cookbooks from my younger days, which I still treasure: In addition to MtAoFC, some of my favorites include Craig Clairborne’s New York Times Cookbook, my mother’s 1946 edition of The Joy of Cooking, the Time-Life Foods of the World series, and The Graham Kerr Cookbook (aka the Galloping Gourmet), which is a hoot-and-a-half. (I used to watch The Galloping Gourmet on TV with my grandmother, who had a bit of a crush on the wine-tippling celebrity chef).


Kathy: What first drew you to cozy mysteries?

LK: 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, I discovered Diane Mott Davidson: Really? There are mystery novels centered around food? And I was hooked.


Kathy: Do you write in any other genres?

LK: I have a memoir that came out in April called Justice is Served: A Tale of Scallops, the Law, and Cooking for RBG, which I like to describe as a true-life Julie and Julia meets Notorious RBG mash-up. It’s the story of how finagling my way into hosting an intimate dinner party for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sends me on a journey of culinary discovery—and, ultimately, completely changes my life.


Kathy: Tell us about your series.

LK: In the Sally Solari mysteries, which take place in the beautiful beach town of Santa Cruz, California. Sally, a fourth generation Italian American, has found herself caught between two cultures—that of her father’s traditional Italian seafood eatery, and that of the newly arrived “foodies,” whose food revolution has taken the old-generation Italian fishermen and restaurateurs completely by surprise. Throw a few dead bodies into the mix and Sally’s once peaceful life heats up like a cast iron skillet over an open flame!


Kathy: Do you have a favorite character? If so, who and why?

LK: I’m awfully partial to Sally, which is a good thing, since I write her in the first person. But in many ways, Sally’s Aunt Letta—whom I killed off in chapter one of the first book in the series—is the one closest to my heart. Letta was the black sheep of the Solari family, leaving town to work at the famous Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, then traveling the South Pacific, and finally coming back to Santa Cruz to open her French-Polynesian restaurant, Gauguin. She was feisty, witty, and loved nothing more than whipping up a cheese soufflé or batch of Schezwan shrimp, then sitting down to dinner with a nice bottle of wine to talk the evening through.

And I’ve regretted killing her off, ever since I did so in that first book. As a result, I use this newest book in the series as a way to bring Letta back—at least in Sally’s mind: Sally misses Letta so very much that she starts to wonder, what if it were possible to communicate with her dead aunt? Not that she really believes that woo-woo stuff, she chides herself, but....what if...?


Kathy: Did you have a specific inspiration for your series?

LK: As soon as I decided to try my hand at writing a mystery novel, I knew that I wanted it to be set in Santa Cruz, and that it should concern food.

Up until the late 1960s, Santa Cruz was a sleepy coastal community, home mostly to Italian fishermen and retirees. In the past few decades, however, along with the advent of techies and hipsters, the food revolution has descended full-force upon the surprised old-timers. One day while I was wandering down the town’s historic fisherman’s wharf, brainstorming ideas for my murder mystery, it hit me: What would happen if a local Santa Cruz gal found herself caught between the world of her family’s old-fashioned Italian seafood restaurant, and that of the newly-arrived, politically-correct foodies? Yes! I thought. The perfect backdrop for a culinary mystery!


Kathy: What made you decide to publish your work?

LK: Once I had the finished writing first book, I knew I wanted to get it out into the world, for what’s the point of telling a story that no one other than you can hear?


Kathy: If you could have a dinner party and invite 4 authors, living or dead, in any genre, who would you invite?

LK: Oscar Wilde, Julia Child, Sue Grafton, and William Shakespeare (so I could settle once-and-for-all whether it was in fact the Bard of Stratford who penned those plays and poems, or someone else such as Edward de Vere, the Earl of Oxford—who Sally’s English lit. professor pal Allison is convinced is the true author). Yes, it will be an odd combination of people, but I guarantee we’ll have a grand old time!


Kathy: What are you currently reading?

LK: Mastering the Art of French Murder, by Colleen Cambridge, in which Julia Child assists the protagonist in solving a murder in Paris. (Do you detect a certain “Julia” theme in my life?)


Kathy: Will you share any of your hobbies or interests with us?

LK: Besides cooking, eating, reading, and writing, some of my other interests include cycling, gardening, walking my Jack Russell mix, Ziggy, and observing cocktail hour promptly at five o’clock with my wife, Robin.


Kathy: Name 4 items you always have in your fridge or pantry.

LK: Sriracha hot sauce, cottage cheese, peanut butter, and coffee.


Kathy: Do you have plans for future books either in your current series or a new series?

LK: I’m excited to announce that I just signed a two-book contract with Severn House Publishers for a new series—The Orchid Isle Mysteries—set on the Big Island of Hawai‘i, where I live half time. The first book, Molten Death, will release next spring:

Valerie Corbin, a retired caterer, comes to the Big Island of Hawai‘i with her wife Kristen in search of rest and recreation following the loss of her brother and her own brush with death. Then Kristen’s surfing buddy, tattooed local boy Isaac, suggests something far more exciting than lazing on the beach: a hike out to the active lava flow. But when Valerie alone witnesses a body being blanketed by the hot flowing lava and no one else believes her, she becomes consumed by the mystery of the body in the lava, determined to discover what happened. Thrown into a Hawaiian culture far from the luaus and tiki bars of glossy tourist magazines, Valerie soon begins to fear she may be the next one to end up entombed in shiny black rock. 

Kathy: What's your favorite thing about being an author?

LK: Getting to meet readers at conventions, book signings, and talks! You are the reason I write, and I thank you one and all for buying our books, checking them out of the library, telling friends about them, and writing reviews. 

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 A Sense for Murder (A Sally Solari Mystery) by Leslie Karst

About A Sense for Murder

A Sense for Murder (A Sally Solari Mystery)
Cozy Mystery 6th in Series
Setting - California
Severn House (August 1, 2023)
Hardcover: ‎ 224 pages

Chef Sally Solari has - to her own bewilderment - built a reputation as a talented sleuth who keeps tripping over dead bodies. But getting mixed up in the curious case of a cookbook killer threatens to be the final chapter in not just her investigating career . . . but her life.

It's the height of the tourist season in Santa Cruz, California, and Sally Solari has her hands full, both juggling crowds of hungry diners at her French-Polynesian restaurant Gauguin, as well as appeasing her father, who's distressed at the number of homeless people camped out in front of Solari's, the family's Italian seafood restaurant out on the historic fisherman's wharf.

Nevertheless, when Sally gets the opportunity to volunteer at a farm-to-table dinner taking place at the hip new restaurant and culinary bookshop Pages and Plums, she seizes the chance. Not only is it a fundraiser for an organization aiding the homeless and seniors, but up for auction at the event is a signed boxset of Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Sally's hero, the renowned chef Julia Child.

But then the Pages and Plums dining room manager turns up dead - the locked cabinet containing the precious books now empty - and the irrepressible Sally once again finds herself up to her neck in a criminal investigation. She may have a sense for murder, but can Sally outwit a devious killer with a taste for French cooking before the villain makes mincemeat of her, too?

A Sense for Murder is a fast-paced, super fun culinary cozy mystery that will have your brain working and your mouth watering. And if you haven't met sleuthing chef Sally yet, it's safe to jump right in.

EXCERPT

If not for the clatter of my bicycle bouncing down the wooden planks of the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf, I felt certain that every tourist I whizzed past would have been startled by the loud rumblings emanating from my empty stomach.

I’d set off on my morning ride with only a cup of coffee for sustenance, and the effects of the initial caffeine buzz had now been replaced by a severe case of low blood sugar. As a result (notwithstanding the million-dollar view of the historic fisherman’s wharf stretching out from the sparkling beach and the iconic roller coaster rising up behind), the only thing on my mind at that moment was the prospect of biting into one of my father’s famous ricotta-and-mascarpone-filled cannoli.

I spotted Dad’s tall, stocky figure standing in front of Solari’s Restaurant as soon as I rounded the bend near the end of the wharf. He was turned toward me, waving, so I waved back, then quickly grabbed hold of my handlebars as I hit a nasty bump in the road. Once closer, however, I realized he wasn’t waving at me. He hadn’t even noticed my arrival. Rather, he was shouting and gesticulating at a form sprawled on the sidewalk at the corner of the building.

‘Why the hell do you insist on camping out here?’ I heard him yell as I approached. ‘You and your kind are driving away my business!’

Wheeling up to the front entrance, I clipped out of my pedals and leaned my red-and-white road bike against the restaurant’s whitewashed wood siding. Through the neon Budweiser and Amstel Light signs hanging in the window above, I could see a table of early lunchers chowing down on plates of crab salads and linguine.

‘Hey, Dad. What’s going on?’

‘Sally.’ He turned to me with a frown. ‘I didn’t hear you ride up.’

‘Probably because you were making quite a bit of racket yourself.’

The person at his feet – a thin, gray-haired man wrapped in a dark green sleeping bag – pushed himself to an upright position and regarded the two of us with dull eyes. A fat seagull pecked at a discarded French fry not three feet from where he sat.

Dad returned the man’s gaze with an angry stare. ‘I’ve been trying for five full minutes to get this guy to move his sorry ass away from my restaurant, but he pretends like he doesn’t even hear me. Maybe I should just call the cops on you,’ he said to the cocooned man, ‘and let them deal with it.’

‘Maybe if you tried treating him like a human being, your powers of persuasion would be a little more effective,’ I responded. ‘I mean, really: “you and your kind”?’ But my father merely shook his head and turned to walk back inside Solari’s, clearly now annoyed not only with the guy in the sleeping bag but also his only daughter.

 

About Leslie Karst

Leslie Karst is the author of the Lefty Award-nominated Sally Solari mystery series and Justice is Served: A Tale of Scallops, the Law, and Cooking for RBG. After years waiting tables and singing in a new wave rock band, she decided she was ready for a “real” job and ended up at Stanford Law School. It was during her career as an attorney that Leslie rediscovered her youthful passion for food and cooking and once more returned to school—this time to earn a degree in culinary arts. Now retired from the law, Leslie spends her time cooking, cycling, gardening, observing cocktail hour promptly at five o’clock, and of course writing. She and her wife split their time between Santa Cruz, California, and Hilo, Hawai‘i.

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