Portrait of a Dead Guy

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<p><strong><em>Laugh-out-loud funny and as Southern as sweet tea and cheese grits</em></strong></p><p>***A Daphne Du Maurier finalist The Emily finalist Dixie Kane Memorial Winner and Night Owl Review top pick***</p><p><em>Reinhart is a truly talented author and this book was one of the best cozy mysteries we reviewed this year...We highly recommend this book to all lovers of mystery books.</em> - <strong><em>Mystery Tribune</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>In Halo Georgia folks know Cherry Tucker as big in mouth small in stature and able to sketch a portrait faster than buckshot rips from a ten gauge - but commissions are scarce. So when the well-heeled Branson family wants to memorialize their murdered son in a coffin portrait Cherry scrambles to win their patronage from her small town rival. </p><p><br></p><p>As the clock ticks toward the deadline Cherry faces more trouble than just a controversial subject. Between ex-boyfriends her flaky family an illegal gambling ring and outwitting a killer on a spree Cherry finds herself painted into a corner she'll be lucky to survive.</p><p><br></p><p>An entertaining mystery full of quirky characters and solid plotting...Highly recommended for anyone who likes their mysteries strong and their mint juleps stronger! -<strong> Jennie Bentley <em>New York Times</em> Bestselling Author of <em>Flipped Out</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>The tone of this marvelously cracked book is not unlike Sophie Littlefield's brilliant A Bad Day for Sorry as author Reinhart dishes out shovelfuls of ribald humor and mayhem. It takes a rare talent to successfully portray a beer-and-hormone-addled artist as a sympathetic and worthy heroine but Reinhart pulls it off with tongue-in-cheek panache.<em> - </em><strong><em>Mystery Scene Magazine</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Don't miss <em>Portrait of a Dead Guy</em> by Larissa Reinhart! <em>Portrait</em> is pure enjoyment a laugh out loud mystery with some Southern romance thrown in. Five stars. -<strong> Lynn Farris National Mystery Review Examiner at Examiner.com</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Laugh-out-loud funny and as Southern as sweet tea and cheese grits Larissa Reinhart's masterfully crafted whodunit Portrait of a Dead Guy provides high-octane action with quirky down-home characters and a trouble-magnet heroine who'll steal readers' hearts. - <strong>Debby Giusti Publisher's Weekly Bestselling Author of <em>The Captain's Mission</em> and <em>The Colonel's Daughter</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>A sweet southern stroke of brilliance...Action humor mystery and a dash of romance all packed into one quirky creation. Trust me when I tell you-don't miss this one. - <strong>The Book Boost</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Reinhart's debut sparkles with wit. A fun fast-paced read and a rollicking start to her Cherry Tucker Mystery Series. If you like your stories southern-fried with a side of romance this book's for you! - <strong>Leslie Tentler Author of <em>Midnight Caller</em></strong><em> </em></p><p><br></p><p>Related subjects include: cozy mysteries women sleuths murder mystery series whodunit mysteries (whodunnit) humorous murder mysteries book club recommendations amateur sleuth books small town humor Southern humor comic (humorous) crime and mystery small town and rural.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Books in the Cherry Tucker Humorous Mystery Series:</strong></p><p>QUICK SKETCH (prequel novella) </p><p>PORTRAIT OF A DEAD GUY </p><p>STILL LIFE IN BRUNSWICK STEW </p><p>HIJACK IN ABSTRACT </p><p>DEATH IN PERSPECTIVE </p><p>THE BODY IN THE LANDSCAPE</p><p>THE VIGILANTE VIGNETTE (novella)</p><p>A COMPOSITION IN MURDER </p><p>A VIEW TO A CHILL </p><p>A MOTHERLODE OF TROUBLE</p>
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