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**HIGH-OCTANE ACTION WITH QUIRKY, DOWN-HOME CHARACTERS...** "An entertaining mystery full of quirky characters and solid plotting...Highly recommended for anyone who likes their mysteries strong and their mint juleps stronger!” - **Jennie Bentley, *New York Times* Bestselling Author of *Flipped Out*** **“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. Our Rating: 4.5 Stars.” – *Mystery Tribune*** 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. *** Winner of the Dixie Kane Memorial Award * Nominated for the Daphne du Maurier Award and the Emily Award *** **Praise for PORTRAIT OF A DEAD GUY:** “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.” – **Betty Webb, *Mystery Scene Magazine*** "Pure enjoyment, a laugh out loud mystery with some Southern romance thrown in. FIVE STARS OUT OF FIVE.” - **Lynn Farris, National Mystery Review Examiner at Examiner.com** “Laugh-out-loud funny and as Southern as sweet tea and cheese grit, 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 and have them begging for the next Cherry Tucker Mystery.” - **Debby Giusti, author of *The Captain's Mission* and *The Colonel's Daughter*** “Larissa 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!” - **Leslie Tentler, Author of *Midnight Caller*** “I could not put down this fast-paced, action-filled and fun romp in this debut novel that had me laughing out-loud from beginning to end... Boasting Southern charm and engagingly amusing banter, this was very enjoyable and a great start to what I hope is a long-running series.” - **Dru Ann Love,* Dru’s Book Musings* and *The Cozy Chicks Blog*** **Books in the Cherry Tucker Humorous Mystery Series:** * **PORTRAIT OF A DEAD GUY (#1)** * STILL LIFE IN BRUNSWICK STEW (#2) * HIJACK IN ABSTRACT (#3)  * QUICK SKETCH (Novella prequel to PORTRAIT in HEARTACHE MOTEL) * DEATH IN PERSPECTIVE (#4) (Summer 2014) **Part of the Henery Press Mystery Series Collection, if you like one, you'll probably like them all...** ** ### About the Author **Larissa Reinhart** began her writing career in second grade when she sold her first publication to her neighbor for a nickel. After moving around the Midwest, South, and Japan, she now lives in Georgia with her husband, young daughters, and Biscuit, a Cairn terrier. Although she speaks without an accent, her writing is known to have a Southern drawl. Her debut novel, PORTRAIT OF A DEAD GUY, is a 2011 Dixie Kane Memorial winner, a 2012 The Emily finalist, and a 2012 Daphne du Maurier Award finalist.