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Leslie Budewitz

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*Also publishes as Alicia Beckman*

Leslie Budewitz is the three-time Agatha Award winner and bestselling author of the Food Lovers’ Village and Spice Shop mysteries, continuing with the 8th installment, TO ERR IS CUMIN (August 2024), and ALL GOD'S SPARROWS AND OTHER STORIES: A STAGECOACH MARY FIELDS COLLECTION (September 2024), a collection of historical mysteries featuring a remarkable figure from Montana history. She also writes standalone moody suspense as Alicia Beckman.



What a delight to return to the Spice Shop, a fictional shop in Seattle’s Pike Place Market, a place I fell in love ages ago as a college freshman. I made it my mission to eat my way through the place, and since it’s constantly changing, I’ll never be done!

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Leslie Budewitz So glad you enjoy Pepper and the Spice Shop crew -- they are a lot of fun to write, and I love the opportunity to roam Seattle and the Market from my …moreSo glad you enjoy Pepper and the Spice Shop crew -- they are a lot of fun to write, and I love the opportunity to roam Seattle and the Market from my desk! I do have plans for at least two more books in the series, so stay tuned -- and thanks for asking!(less)
Leslie Budewitz Oh, what fun! I'm looking forward to Love & Death in Burgundy by Susan C. Shea; House, Tree, Person by Catriona McPherson; Called to Justice by Edith …moreOh, what fun! I'm looking forward to Love & Death in Burgundy by Susan C. Shea; House, Tree, Person by Catriona McPherson; Called to Justice by Edith Maxwell; and the latest Maisie Dobbs novel by Jacqueline WInspear, In This Grave Hour. The new Elizabeth Strout, Anything is Possible. In August, Glass Houses by Louise Penny. And I'm still catching up on the Gaslight Mysteries by Victoria Thompson. The theme? Richly patterned fiction that delves into the lives of women, and takes me places I might otherwise not get to go. (less)
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Blind Faith — the origin story

I came across this “My Book” essay recently, published in the much-missed Mystery Scene magazine in fall 2002, about the origins of my second stand-alone suspense novel, Blind Faith, written as Alicia Beckman. I’m surprised to realize I’d never shared it with you, so here it is!

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During my senior year of high school in Billings, Montana, I gave a ride to a new girl, dropping her off at a mot

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“Life goes on, and you want it to. But you also want to hit pause for a moment, so you can feel one thing at a time.”
Leslie Budewitz, Crime Rib

“Sandra always refers to her husband of the last ten years as Mr. Right, to distinguish him from the oh-so-wrong first husband.”
Leslie Budewitz, Assault and Pepper

“No matter how old you are, there is nothing so comforting as your mother's arms.”
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