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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 paranormal and fantasy cozy mysteries, historical 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) 3.99 avg rating — 3,386 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 — 987 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Trouble in the Tarot (A Fortune Teller Mystery, #3) by Kari Lee Townsend (Goodreads Author), Kari Lee Harmon (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 746 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 — 261 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) 4.22 avg rating — 253 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 — 241 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 — 177 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 — 151 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 — 139 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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Series by Kari Lee Townsend

Sunny Meadows Mystery (11 books)
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A Kalli Ballas Mystery (5 books)
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A Sunny Meadows & Kalli Ballas Crossover (4 books)
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4.36 avg rating — 214 ratings

A Wishwill Mystery (3 books)
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Samantha Granger Experiment (3 books)
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A Grave Gift (Electra Poole Mysteries, #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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Apr 09, 2012 05:00AM