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The Body in the Landscape
By Larissa Reinhart
A Cherry Tucker Mystery, Book 5
Publisher: Henery Press
Release Date: December 15,
2015
Genre: Cozy Mystery/Female
Sleuth
Format: eBook/Print
Length: 276 Pages
ISBN: 978-1943390373
ASIN: B015G3FE6A
About the book:
When Cherry
Tucker’s invited to paint the “kill portrait” for the winner of Big Rack
Lodge’s Hogzilla hunt, it seems like a paid vacation. Back home in Halo, a
Hatfield-McCoy-style standoff builds between Luke and Cherry’s families. She’s
ready for a weekend away, hobnobbing with rich and famous hunters, where she
can forget her troubles and nobody knows her name.
As Georgia
sunshine turns to bleak December rain, Cherry’s R&R goes MIA when she finds
a body in the woods. While the police believe the local drunk took an
accidental spill, Cherry has her doubts, particularly when a series of
malicious pranks are targeted at the rifle toting contestants. With loyal
companions at her side—sort-of-ex-husband Todd and a championship bayer named
Buckshot—Cherry tracks suspects through a forest full of pitfalls and perils.
And all the while, a killer’s stalking the hunt party with a bead on Cherry.
Author Bio
Larissa
considers herself lucky to have taught English in Japan, escaped a ferocious
monkey in Thailand, studied archaeology in Egypt, and survived teaching high
school history in the US. However, adopting her daughters from China has been
her most rewarding experience. After moving around the Midwest, the South and
Japan, her home address is Peachtree City, Georgia.
In June
2015, she and her husband, daughters, and Biscuit, a Cairn
Terrier, moved back to Nagoya, Japan, where she'll continue to write about
Southern characters, athough some might find their way to the Land of the
Rising Sun.
She loves
small town characters with big attitudes, particularly sassy women with a
penchant for trouble. The Cherry Tucker Mystery series with Henery Press begins
with Portrait of a Dead Guy (August 28, 2012), a 2012 Daphne du
Maurier finalist, a 2012 The Emily finalist, and a 2011 Dixie Kane Memorial
winner.
Following Portrait are Still Life in Brunswick Stew,
(May 21, 2013), the 2014 Georgia Author of the Year and Silver Falchion
nominee, Hijack in Abstract (November 5, 2013), and Death
in Perspective (June 24, 2014) follow. The Cherry Tucker
novella, Quick Sketch, in the mystery anthology The Heartache Motel (December
10, 2013) is a prequel to Portrait. The fifth Cherry Tucker mystery, The Body in
the Landscape, will launch December 15, 2015.
She was very
pleased to receive the 2015 finalist medal for Georgia Author of the Year, Best Mystery, for Death
in Perspective.
Links
Website: http://larissareinhart.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RisWrites
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/RisWrites
Instagram: http://instagram.com/larissareinhart
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/LarissaReinhart/
A huge fan of the Henery Press cozy mysteries, I couldn’t wait to dive into The Body in the Landscape by Larissa Reinhart. The fifth book in her Cherry Tucker mystery series, which is best enjoyed if read in order, Ms. Reinhart takes Cherry, and her fans, to a luxury hunting lodge in the Georgia countryside where a body is found in the woods and nothing is quite what it seems. Filled with colorful characters, an over the top heroine and plenty of twists and turns, this is a great addition to an already established series.Continuing to develop Cherry’s character as the series builds, Ms. Reinhart takes her primary character away from home, her “boyfriend” Luke, and her brother’s legal problems and places her in the middle of a hunting contest being held for the rich and famous. Hired to paint the portrait of the “winner” and the “hogzilla” terrorizing the local countryside, Cherry stumbles across a body in the woods and can’t help getting involved in a solving a mystery no one believes exists. While Cherry is a bit unusual, she loves wearing bright colors, adding rhinestones and other ornamental flourishes to her wardrobe and sees everything through a painter’s viewpoint, she’s smart, attractive and seems to be a magnet for dead bodies. I really like her personality and how she manages to get along with everyone though she comes from the “wrong side of the tracks” in her small town.The secondary characters were interesting and I especially enjoyed getting to know Todd, her sorta ex-husband Todd, who clearly still cares for her, along with Max Avtaikin, the wealthy Russian casino owner who hired her, and Bob Bass, a rock-star turned celebrity hunter (made me think of Ted Nugent), who are determined to bag the “hogzilla”. They all added color, background and lots of “trash-talking” during the hunt and at the lodge. The mystery takes several twists and turns and Cherry finds herself at odds with the local police who don’t seem to care for her involvement in what they at first claim is not a homicide. Ms. Reinhart does a good job pacing the story and I found myself turning the pages to discover what would happen next.Will Cherry discover who killed the local man who loaned the lodge his dogs for the hunt? Which hunter will bag the “hogzilla” that’s been terrorizing the local countryside? And will Cherry realize that Todd should not be her ex but her future? You’ll have to read The Body in the Landscape to find out, I enjoyed it and look forward to reading the next book in the series to find out which man Cherry picks for the future.
My Rating: 4 out of 5 Crowns
Tour Schedule
December 15 – Tara’s Book
Reviews
December 17 – The Book Bag
December 18 – Granny Loves to
Read
December 18 – Queen of All She
Reads
December 21 – Jersey Girl
Book Reviews
December 21 – The
Phantom Paragrapher
FTC Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of this book as a part of a book tour for a fair and honest review.
Such a good series!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your review! I'm so pleased you liked this one. #6 should be coming out next year!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your review! I'm so pleased you liked this one. #6 should be coming out next year!
ReplyDeleteJust discovered this series and started with this book. Can't wait to go back and learn about Cherry from the beginning. This will be one of my "list" authors, where I keep track of the new books and anxiously await the new releases.
ReplyDeleteI have devoured this series. Just can't get enough.
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