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National Bestselling Author, Agatha, RT Reviewer's Choice & Golden Duck Award Nominee. Kari lives in Central New York with her husband & Samoyeds. She's a lover of wine & travel, obsessed with reality TV, and loves a good book with mystery, romance & humor. Inspired by TV shows like SMK, Moonlighting, Bones & Castle, she writes cozy mysteries & upper Middle Grade as Kari Lee Townsend, romantic suspense, romantic comedy & women's fiction as Kari Lee Harmon. ...more

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	Tempest in the Tea Leaves (A Fortune Teller Mystery, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 3,347 ratings — published 2011 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Corpse in the Crystal Ball (Fortune Teller Mystery, #2) by Kari Lee Townsend (Goodreads Author), Kari Lee Harmon (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 980 ratings — published 2012 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trouble in the Tarot (A Fortune Teller Mystery, #3) by Kari Lee Townsend (Goodreads Author), Kari Lee Harmon (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 736 ratings — published 2013 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shenanigans in the Shadows (A Sunny Meadows Mystery Book 4) 4.12 avg rating — 257 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mind over Murder (A Kalli Ballas Mystery, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 245 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perish in the Palm (A Sunny Meadows Mystery Book 5) 4.30 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hazard in the Horoscope (A Sunny Meadows Mystery Book 6) by Kari Lee Townsend (Goodreads Author), Kari Lee Harmon (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chaos and Cold Feet (A Sunny Meadows Mystery, book 7) by Kari Lee Townsend (Goodreads Author), Kari Lee Harmon (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder in the Meditation (A Sunny Meadows Mystery, Book 8) by Kari Lee Townsend (Goodreads Author), Kari Lee Harmon (Goodreads Author) 4.64 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peril for Your Thoughts by Kari Lee Townsend (Goodreads Author), Kari Lee Harmon (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Sunny Meadows Mystery (11 books)
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Lady Darling Inquires After a Killer (Lady Darling Mysteries Book 1)

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message 7: by Kari

Apr 10, 2012 04:00AM

Hey Beth! Thanks for friending me back :-)

Beth wrote: "Hi Kari,
Thanks for sending a Goodreads friend request to this fellow mystery author!"

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message 6: by Beth

Apr 09, 2012 04:26PM

Hi Kari,
Thanks for sending a Goodreads friend request to this fellow mystery author!

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message 5: by Kari

Apr 09, 2012 05:27AM

Awww thanks. Only 8 more weeks! Yay. Feels like forever :-)

Mary wrote: "Thanks for adding me, Kari! =)
I'm waiting for the next Fortune Teller mystery... June is so far away!! ;-)
Have a nice day & Happy Reading!"

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message 4: by Mary

Apr 09, 2012 05:00AM

Thanks for adding me, Kari! =)
I'm waiting for the next Fortune Teller mystery... June is so far away!! ;-)
Have a nice day & Happy Reading!

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message 3: by Kari

Nov 13, 2011 06:00PM

Thanks Kris. Great connecting with you, too :-)

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message 2: by Kris

Nov 10, 2011 09:59AM

Hey, Kari. Good to connect with you here.

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Magical Alienation: A Samantha Brennan and Annabelle Haggerty Magical Mystery

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message 1: by Daniel

Jun 22, 2008 04:56PM

if you do sell, Kari Lee, then contact Otis Chandler and get an author page. Here's his link:

http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1

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