With PATH OF THE WICKED, the second book in her Hope Street Church Mysteries, author Jennifer Stanley takes her readers on a visit to the good parishioners of the Hope Street Church, mainly folks who attend the Sunrise Bible Study Group. Copier-repair gal Cooper Lee and the members of her Sunday School class, in an effort to help out their community, have volunteered to help pack and deliver meals for the Door-2-Door Dinners charity, and things are going well until it appears that someone is robbing the elderly clients who receive meals from the service. And when one of the clients is found murdered, and the prime suspects look to be someone from the charity, Cooper, along with her new boyfriend, the gentle Nathan, begin to look into who might be committing this unheavenly deed. Stanley does a great job reviewing the vast cast of characters that populate this series, among them the delightfully quirky Lee family, and this is important for first time readers, as there is a lot of folks to keep up with. The story is fast-paced and interesting, with the right amount of intrigue and suspense to keep it moving along, plus there are nice touches of biblical verse scattered throughout. All in all, a divine mystery series.
Congregants at the Hope Street Church know that
charity begins at home. But sometimes what is giveth is
mysteriously taketh awayโฆ
Cooper Lee and the Sunrise
Bible Study Group have has just volunteered for a local
charity, Door-2-Door Dinners. Sure, some of the volunteers
look more like Hellโs Angels than Good Samaritans, but the
ragtag church group has taught Cooper not to judge a book by
its cover. Besides, this gives Cooper a chance to get out of
the houseโwhich she shares with her parentsโand spend some
quality time with her new love, Nathan. But things really
start heating up for Cooper and Nathan when an elderly
Door-2-Door recipient is murderedโand the prime suspects
areโฆthe volunteers!
Someone in the flock is a wolf in
sheepโs clothing. But the Lord works in miraculous waysโand
so do the sleuths of the Sunrise Bible Study
Groupโฆ
THIS ISNโT YOUR GRANDMAโS SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS.
Jennifer Stanleyโs engaging new series makes your attendance
at Hope Street Church mandatory.โ
โEmilie Richards,
author of the โMinistry is Murderโ mystery series
โA
DELIGHTFUL SURPRISE, a lovely, never-preachy story of
friends and family trying to live according to their faith,
with a strong, independent heroine in Cooper Lee.โโDonna
Andrews, award-winning author of Swan for the
Money
Jennifer
Stanley has a BA in English from Franklin & Marshall
College, an MA in English Literature from West Chester
University, and an MLIS from North Carolina Central
University. She taught sixth grade language arts in Cary,
North Carolina for the majority of her eight-year teaching
career. A member of two bible study groups,
Jennifer's friends from church inspired her to write her
Hope Street Church series. An eBay junkie and food-lover,
Jennifer lives in Richmond, Virginia with her husband, two
young children, and three cats.
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