Larissa Reinhart | May 21, 2013
Cherry Tucker’s in a stew. Art commissions dried up after her nemesis became president of the County Arts Council. Desperate and broke, Cherry and her friend, Eloise, spend a sultry summer weekend hawking their art at the Sidewinder Annual Brunswick Stew Cook-Off. When a bad case of food poisoning breaks out and Eloise dies, the police brush off her death as accidental. However, Cherry suspects someone spiked the stew and killed her friend. As Cherry calls on cook-off competitors, bitter rivals, and crooked judges, the police get steamed while the killer prepares to cook Cherry’s goose.
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Praise for Larissa Reinhart’s Cherry Tucker Mystery Series
“Reinhart’s country-fried mystery is as much fun as a ride on the Tilt-a-Whirl at a state fair. Her sleuth wields a paintbrush and unravels clues with equal skill and flair. Readers who like a little small-town charm with their mysteries will enjoy Reinhart’s series.” — Denise Swanson, New York Times Bestselling Author of the Scumble River and Devereaux’s Dime Store Mysteries
“Southern-Fried Sleuthing…If you’re a fan of Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse but could do without the “supes,” then you will love Reinhart’s Cherry Tucker!” – Fayette Woman Magazine
“Larissa Hoffman’s Still Life in Brunswick Stew is not to be missed by readers who love their who-done-it down-home with good food, good friends and livestock. Hoffman knows the south and her characters prove it, wise, witty and chock full of heart.” – Kimberly Brock, Author of The River Witch
“Still Life in Brunswick Stew proves beyond doubt that Larissa Reinhart and her delightful amateur sleuth Cherry Tucker will be around to entertain us for many books to come.” – Lois Winston, Author of the Critically Acclaimed Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery series
“Cherry Tucker finds trouble without even looking for it, and plenty of it finds her in Still Life in Brunswick Stew…this mystery keeps you laughing and guessing from the first page to the last. A whole-hearted five stars.” – Denise Grover Swank, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author
“I adored Larissa Reinhart’s second Cherry Tucker mystery, Still Lilfe in Brunswick Stew. Reinhart lined up suspects like a pinsetter in a bowling alley, and darned if I could figure out which ones to knock down…Ms. Reinhart creates a protagonist full of gumption and surrounded by quirky characters. Loaded with Southern charm. Can’t wait to see what Cherry paints herself into next.” – Donnell Ann Bell, Bestselling Author of The Past Came Hunting
“The hilariously droll Larissa Reinhart cooks up a quirky and entertaining page-turner! This charming mystery is delightfully Southern, surprisingly edgy, and deliciously unpredictable.” – Hank Phillippi Ryan, Agatha, Anthony and Macavity Award-Winning Author
“This one [Still Life in Brunswick Stew] outdoes the first in its complexity and its quirkiness… Cherry is even stronger and sassier than ever, so much so that I expect we will soon hear that she has been nominated for the Steel Magnolia award for the strongest Southern woman character in a novel published in 2013.” – Forrest W. Schultz, Southside Book Reviews
“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
“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
“Don’t miss Portrait of a Dead Guy by Larissa Reinhart! Portrait is 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 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 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
“A sweet, southern stroke of brilliance. If there’s one thing we do right in the south it’s funerals and food. This book cooks up some morbid mayhem that will leave you asking for seconds…. 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.” — Kerri Nelson, The Book Boost