Get Lost in a Story welcomes back Larissa Reinhart

Get Lost in a Story Readers.  I’m very pleased to have Larissa Reinhart visit Get Lost in a Story again.  I can’t believe her heroine Cherry Tucker is on book four.  (I thought she’d be long dead by now), but here she comes again.  I know you’ll love Cherry as much as I do.  Let’s learn about Larissa Reinhart and why she’s determined to keep tormenting Cherry!

ABOUT:  DEATH IN PERSPECTIVE, A Cherry Tucker Mystery #4:

In Cherry Tucker’s fourth mystery, the curtain rises on Cherry’s debut as a high school set designer at the posh, private Peerless Day Academy. Cherry’s been hired to design scenery for an avant garde adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, but the theater teacher's hoping Cherry can also turn the spotlight on a malicious bully who’s sending poisonous texts to the faculty. The director’s got his own drama to hide, and the phantom texter seems eager to spill school secrets. When a school secretary's death is ruled a suicide, Cherry suspects foul play. The phantom bully may be using blackmail to rid the school of unwanted staff, urging a Montague-Capulet styled showdown.
 
With Deputy Luke Harper wanting to return as Cherry’s leading man, he’s eager to assist her efforts in fingering the phantom culprit, but Cherry fears family secrets may doom them to the role of star-crossed lovers. Offstage, Cherry’s searching for her missing brother who’s fixed on a vendetta against Luke’s stepfamily, so she instead turns to the local, foreign racketeer, Max Avtaikin, for assistance. With the bully waiting for a murderous encore and her own family skeletons to hide, Cherry scrambles to find her brother and the mysterious texter before the phantom decides its curtains for Cherry and forces her to take a final bow. 

And now let's learn more about Author Larissa Reinhart!

Larissa Reinhart

 

DONNELL:  Larissa, I'll be redundant and say welcome back again, and ohhhh, I can’t wait to read this one.  You’re dealing with a bully – love to root against bullies.  But poisonous texts?  You want to expand on that a little one?

LARISSA: I wanted to write a poison pen mystery, but for this day and age it seemed texting or emails would be more apropos. And where do you see the most texting? In a high school. Also a good place to find bullies. However, this is no Young Adult yarn, so there’s a twist on the cyberbullying. It’s happening among the faculty. And as a ex-high school teacher, I had fun setting the story in that wheelhouse.

DONNELL:  Your books are fairly humorous and cozy?  Do I use the right word.  This sounds rather suspenseful.  True/false?

LARISSA: Yes, yes, and true? The term cozy mystery means a lot of things right now. A lot of humorous mysteries are considered cozy, because they’re not detective stories, nor romantic suspense, and not really a traditional mystery. However, this new breed of humorous romantic mysteries aren’t the typical Agatha Christie cozy. I was at a mystery conference in January where one author called them the “modern cozy.” I like that term. It’s more like Stephanie Plum meets Miss Marple.

DONNELL:  I love Luke Harper.  Every girl should have a Luke in her life.  Describe how you see him, vs. how Cherry sees him.  Then, how do your fans see him?

LARISSA: I see a good looking veteran who had big plans to become a big city police detective, but because of his family situation, has been forced to settle into the role of a small town deputy. He really struggles with the resentment he has for his stepfamily and also struggles with his feelings for Cherry. He’s incredibly attracted to her, has been since he was a teenager, but she’s so reckless and impulsive, she really drives him crazy.

Cherry sees Luke as tall, dark, and moody. She finds him uncommunicative and often crabby, particularly when he’s trying to stifle her free spirt because he’s worried about safety. She also sees Luke as the perfect model for painting (which he won’t do) with the body of a Greek hero, V-cut and all, stormy gray eyes, and demonically sexy dimples. Luke’s a real weakness for her. Her first love. She resents that, yet still wants him pretty badly!

DONNELL:  Cherry is highly craft-oriented.  Do you do crafts, and what’s your favorite?

LARISSA:  I am not a good crafter! I lack the patience and ability to measure correctly. I did take art classes in university and do like to draw and paint if I have the time. I also enjoyed design and photography, although they were a lot lower-tech back in those days. Writing is enough of a craft for me now. But I love art. I majored in art history in grad school. It’s a treat to be able to use my art history books for Cherry Tucker research!

DONNELL:  This is a two part question.  I’m most comfortable when I’m . .   If you want to see me out of sorts make me do this . . . .

LARISSA: Most comfortable when I’m propped on the couch with a book, knowing my to-do list is done (which doesn’t happen nearly enough). If you want to see me out of sorts …make me go to a party where I don’t know anybody.

DONNELL:   Early bird or night owl?

LARISSA: Night owl, most definitely, but forced into early birdness by my children.

DONNELL:  What’s the most interesting thing you’ve learned doing research?

LARISSA: That’s a hard one. I’ve learned so much trivia! Recently I’ve been doing a lot of research on feral hogs, Civil War swords, and bow hunting. Did you know General Grant’s presentation sword had a diamond encrusted monogram and was bought by a private collector in Texas recently for more than a million dollars? I thought that was interesting.

DONNELL:  I'll say that's interesting.  Larissa, thanks for being our guest today.  Now it’s your turn.  Time to ask readers a question and explain whether or not you’ll do a book giveaway.

LARISSA: Thanks so much for having me here!

LARISSA WANTS TO KNOW:Cherry loves to bling out her clothes with DIY accents. I’m always looking for some interesting craft ideas.   I’d love to know about the arts and crafts your readers do. I’ll randomly pick a commenter to give away any Cherry Tucker e-book of their choice!

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