This is the original cover painting created to illustrate "Celestial Buffet and Other Morsels of Murder" -  the first collection of short mystery stories by the Anthony-Award winning author, Susan Dunlap, published by Crippen & Landru, 2001 Publishers (I show the published cover for reference)  YES!  You are right: those are bodies strewn about the very lifelike depictions of cheese and fruit.  It's an irresistible image, Handpainted in acrylics on unstretched canvas, 30" x 22" and signed by Heyer.