Methods of Malice by Ellery Adams and Tina Radcliffe

 

Methods of Malice by Ellery Adams and Tina Radcliffe is a delightful cozy mystery and is the seventh in the Hope Street Church Mystery series. I have not read the others in the series, but was able to keep up just fine. Cooper’s Sunrise Bible study group is helping with a production of It’s A Wonderful life to raise money for the local senior center. It all goes sideways when the assistant director is found murdered.  

This was a lovely story that reminded me of a Hallmark Mystery Movie. I loved meeting the Sunrise Bible Study group and watching their interactions and witnessing their comradery. The small town setting and theater environment was delightful, and I was guessing on the mystery until the end. Jon and Cooper continue moving their friendship to something more and we watch different friends start new adventures in the book. There are delicious recipes at the end of the story from Cooper's mom Maggie.

The story had a good mystery, engaging characters, and I loved the Hope Street Church community! I really enjoyed this Methods of Malice and highly recommend it.

I was given a copy by the publisher and not required to write a positive review.

Originally from Western, N.Y., author Tina Radcliffe left home for a tour of duty with the Army Security Agency stationed in Augsburg, Germany and ended up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. While living in Tulsa she spent ten years as a Certified Oncology R.N. A freelance writer for over twenty years, Tina was a founding member and the manager of Seekerville, a 13 author blog, from 2008-2017. Seekerville has been a Writer's Digest 101 Best Websites for Writers award winner 2013-2017.

An RWA Honor Roll member, Tina is also a two-time RWA Golden Heart finalist, a 2012 ACFW Carol Award finalist for Oklahoma Reunion, a 2014 ACFW Mentor of the Year finalist, and a 2014 ACFW Carol Award winner for Mending the Doctor's Heart.

Tina is thrilled to announce she is the 2018 ACFW Mentor of the Year and a 2018 ACFW Carol Award Finalist for Claiming Her Cowboy.

She has also finaled/or won over twenty RWA chapter affiliated contests in her career. As a short story writer, she has sold over two dozen short stories to Woman’s World Magazine.

Tina is a member of Romance Writers of America, including the Kiss of Death Chapter, FHL Chapter, Desert Rose Romance Writers, and the Valley of the Sun Romance Writer

Ellery is the USA Today & New York Times Bestselling Mystery Author of over 40 novels. She grew up on a beach near the Long Island Sound but now writes from her home in North Carolina. She loves rescue animals, jigsaw puzzles, coffee, black licorice, college football, reading on rainy days, wood-burning fires, and porch swings.