{"product_id":"portrait-of-a-dead-guy-9780998548425","title":"Portrait of a Dead Guy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Laugh-out-loud funny and as Southern as sweet tea and cheese grits\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"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.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eMystery Scene Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"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, \u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e Bestselling Author of Flipped Out\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelated 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBooks in the Cherry Tucker Humorous Mystery Series: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQUICK SKETCH (novella in HEARTACHE MOTEL) \u003cbr\u003e PORTRAIT OF A DEAD GUY (#1)\u003cbr\u003e STILL LIFE IN BRUNSWICK STEW (#2)\u003cbr\u003e HIJACK IN ABSTRACT (#3) \u003cbr\u003e DEATH IN PERSPECTIVE (#4)\u003cbr\u003e THE BODY IN THE LANDSCAPE (#5)\u003cbr\u003e THE VIGILANTE VIGNETTE (novella)\u003cbr\u003e A COMPOSITION IN MURDER (#6)\u003cbr\u003e A VIEW TO A CHILL (novella) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReinhart, Larissa:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Larissa is a 2015 Georgia Author of the Year Best Mystery finalist, 2014 finalist for the Silver Falchion and Georgia Author of the Year, 2012 Daphne du Maurier finalist, 2012 The Emily finalist, and 2011 Dixie Kane Memorial winner. Her family and Cairn Terrier, Biscuit, have been living in Nagoya, Japan, but once again call Georgia home. See them on HGTV's House Hunters International Living for the Weekend in Nagoya episode. Visit her website, LarissaReinhart.com, find her chatting on Facebook, Instagram, and Goodreads, and be sure to join her newsletter for a free short story: http: \/\/smarturl.it\/larissanewsletter.","brand":"Past Perfect Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50331893432594,"sku":"9780998548425","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_efa794e5-2d24-41c3-bdfd-5b4a8307e434.jpg?v=1727827399","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/portrait-of-a-dead-guy-9780998548425","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}