This is my first introduction to the Hope Street Church Mysteries and I must say, I really enjoyed reading about Coop and all her friends. Even though I jumped into the series at the end (spoiling some things for myself), the story stands enough alone that it was easy to follow who was who and how they were connected without needing to have all the preceding stories. However, now I want to go back and read them all from the beginning!

Dying to Sell is a tightly-written contemporary take on a classic who-done-it. Lots of clues, red herrings, suspicious circumstances and potential culprits. Fairly quick read and certainly entertaining.

I received an ARC; this is my honest review.

I have only read a couple of books in this series and I have fallen in love with cozy mysteries. This book is no exception, it is centered around friends who are in a Bible study group through their church and somehow they seem to wind up helping solve a crime. One of the group members, Cooper who lives on her parents property along with her Grandma Lee, who has Cooper and the rest of the group to help out her friend. Esme is a widow with only one grandchild, Mary who is engaged to Ronald. Esme thinks that there is something fishy about Roland and has asked Grammy Lee to request the Bible study group to come to a birthday party to check out Roland and his motives. When a murder happens and Grammy Lee and her two friends are taken to jail, how will the group find the real killer before anything else happens? Is the killer one of the elderly ladies, the help, or is it someone who has a score to settle? Why is the FBI involved? Grab your copy to find out. I love how the book gives you hope, like in these few sentences. "The things of this world will always leave us wanting. Gratitude is all about recalling all the things God has done in our lives and being thankful." I want to thank the publisher and Netgalley for letting me read an early copy of this book. All opinions expressed are my thoughts on the book.

My thanks to Beyond the Page Publishing and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advance reader copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
When I requested this book I did not realize it was the 9th book in the series. That being said, I quickly came up to speed with the characters and the relationships.
When Grammy Lee's friend Esme is worried about her granddaughter's fiancée trying to talk her into selling her house and moving to a senior community, Grammy lee insists that Cooper and her Bible Study Group get involved and find out what is going on, then when he is found murdered on Esme's property, the action really gets going.
I thought the book was well plotted with more than enough suspects, I never really thought Esme or her granddaughter, Mary were serious suspects, but they did have to be eliminated. I tracked along with the Cooper and her friends from her Bible Study Group through most of their investigation, coming to the realization of who the killer was just before it was revealed. I found the group to be an interesting team of sleuths with their varied backgrounds and skill sets and enjoyed how they supported each other. The romance element was just enough to keep it interesting, but not a distraction. Grammy Lee and her friends are exactly the contrarians every good protagonist needs. I did find it ironic that someone curious enough to investigate a murder would not probe a bit more as to what her father was up to in the greenhouse however. There were times when the biblical references became a bit distracting. Overall, I enjoyed the book enough to look for other books in the series.

This was my first book in this series but I didn’t have any problem jumping into here. I liked the characters, especially Grammy Lee. But even though I knew the sleuths were part of a bible study group I found the amount of biblical passages a bit too much for the length of the story. I did like the ending though.

I have been reading this series since the beginning and this new addition is really good.
Cooper and her Bible study friends are involved in an investigation of possible real estate fraud.
They uncover secrets and are soon to find the answers they are looking for.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for selecting me to read an advanced copy of this book.