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Portrait of a Dead Guy
2012
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Laugh-out-loud funny and as Southern as sweet tea and cheese grits ***A Daphne Du Maurier finalist, The Emily finalist, Dixie Kane Memorial Winner, and Night Owl Review top pick*** 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. 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. 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. Books in the Cherry Tucker Humorous Mystery Series: QUICK SKETCH (novella in HEARTACHE MOTEL) PORTRAIT OF A DEAD GUY (#1) STILL LIFE IN BRUNSWICK STEW (#2) HIJACK IN ABSTRACT (#3) DEATH IN PERSPECTIVE (#4) THE BODY IN THE LANDSCAPE (#5) THE VIGILANTE VIGNETTE (novella) A COMPOSITION IN MURDER (#6) A VIEW TO A CHILL (novella)

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Larissa Reinhart
Larissa Reinhart
Author · 18 books

A Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Larissa loves to tell funny, sweet stories about sassy Southern women looking for love (and sometimes dead bodies) in all the wrong places, like in her award-winning Cherry Tucker Mystery, Maizie Albright Star Detective, and/or Finley Goodhart Crime Caper series. You might have seen Larissa and her family with their little dog, Biscuit, on HGTV's House Hunters International "Living for the Weekend in Nagoya" episode. They’re back in Georgia where Biscuit has a bigger yard but now has to live with thunderstorms. Check out LarissaReinhart.com to learn more and get a free story while you're visiting. Her books have been chosen as book club picks by Woman's World Magazine and Hot Mystery Reviews. They've also been finalists for Georgia Author of the Year, the Silver Falchion, the Daphne du Maurier Award, The Emily Award, and Dixie Kane Memorial. Her work also appeared in the 2017 Silver Falchion Reader’s Choice winner, Eight Mystery Writers You Should Be Reading Now. Cherry Tucker Mysteries (in order): A CHRISTMAS QUICK SKETCH (prequel) PORTRAIT OF A DEAD GUY STILL LIFE IN BRUNSWICK STEW HIJACK IN ABSTRACT DEATH IN PERSPECTIVE THE VIGILANTE VIGNETTE THE BODY IN THE LANDSCAPE A COMPOSITION IN MURDER A VIEW TO A CHILL A MOTHERLODE OF TROUBLE Maizie Albright Star Detective series in order: 15 MINUTES 16 MILLIMETERS NC-17 A VIEW TO A CHILL 17.5 CARTRIDGES IN A PEAR TREE 18 CALIBER 18 1/2 DISGUISES 19 CRIMINALS (coming soon!) 20 CARATS Finley Goodhart Crime Capers in order: PIG’N A POKE (prequel short story for Larissa's subscribers) THE CUPID CAPER

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