PORTRAIT OF A DEAD GUY

",Laugh-out-loud funny and as Southern as sweet tea and cheese grits",&ldquo,The tone of this marvelously cracked book is not unlike Sophie Littlefield&rsquo,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.&rdquo, &ndash, Mystery Scene MagazineIn 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 &mdash, 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&rsquo,ll be lucky to survive.&ldquo,An entertaining mystery full of quirky characters and solid plotting...Highly recommended for anyone who likes their mysteries strong and their mint juleps stronger!&rdquo, &ndash, Jennie Bentley, New York Times Bestselling Author of Flipped OutRelated subjects include