Book Review and Giveaway - A Scoop of Deceit (Coffee & Cream Café Mysteries) by Lena Gregory

My Review

On a pretty Spring day, Danika Delaney spends time with her mother at the local garden center.  They are enjoying their time - until a loud, unpleasant visitor to town named Sebastian Krane backs into their car.  He later files a lawsuit ... and then he turns up dead.  Dani works to solve the mystery and clear her mother's name, helped by her friends Gwen and Eli.

I wanted to read A Scoop of Deceit because I love cozy mysteries and enjoy this series.  I've read it since the first book and always look forward to the next installment.

This is one of my favorite books in the series.  It's fast paced, in terms of both action and dialogue.  We get to see Dani interact with her friends, Gwen and Eli, her mother, her extended family, her boyfriend Jake, and her ex-boyfriend who is a local firefighter.

As always the Coffee & Cream Cafe, a little ice cream and coffee place on Long Island, is lots of fun.  (Even though descriptions of the desserts always make me hungry!)

The mystery aspect of this book is well done, with several plausible suspects.  I enjoy following along with Dani's detecting.

I recommend A Scoop of Deceit, and this enjoyable series, for other cozy mystery fans.

Book Synopsis

From author Lena Gregory comes another decadently delightful cozy mystery …

Spring has finally sprung on the south shore of eastern Long Island, New York, and Danika Delaney is ready to take a break from running her old-fashioned malt shop, the Coffee & Cream Café, to help her mom start planting for the season. With visions of colorful tulips and delicate daffodils in mind, Danika and her mother browse through the local garden center, where they can’t help but notice a confrontation between out-of-towner Sebastian Krane and the local cashier. Unfortunately, as Krane storms off, aggravated and not paying attention, he hops into his BMW, and crashes right into Mrs. Delaney as she’s backing up in her borrowed pickup truck. As if that weren’t enough to put a damper on her sunny mood, Krane then has the nerve to file a lawsuit against her. But when Dani shows up at his mansion to try to straighten things out, she finds him dead, with a knife in his back. Apparently, someone had it out for Sebastian. Someone other than her mother. A fact Dani sets out to prove with the help of her sidekicks, Gwen and Eli, wading through a slew of shady suspects from the victim’s stormy past. Can Dani clear her mother’s name and find the truth behind Krane’s murder? Or will Dani be in danger of pushing up daisies herself this spring?

Author Bio

Lena Gregory is the author of the Bay Island Psychic Mysteries, which take place on a small island between the north and south forks of Long Island, New York, the All-Day Breakfast Café Mysteries, which are set on the outskirts of Florida’s Ocala National Forest, the Mini-Meadows Mysteries, set in a community of tiny homes in Central Florida, and the Coffee & Cream Café Mysteries, which take place in a small town on the south shore of eastern Long Island, New York.

Lena grew up in a small town on the south shore of eastern Long Island, but she recently traded in cold, damp, gray winters for the warmth and sunshine of central Florida, where she now lives with her husband, three kids, son-in-law, and four dogs. Her hobbies include spending time with family, reading, and walking. Her love for writing developed when her youngest son was born and didn’t sleep through the night. She works full time as a writer and a freelance editor and is a member of Sisters in Crime.

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