Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for Double Scoop of Murder (Coffee & Cream Café Mysteries) by Lena Gregory! Today we are featuring a review of the third and newest entry into this cozy mystery series. Stop by each blog on the tour for interviews, guest posts, spotlights, reviews, and more! It’s a great way to add books to your TBR! There is also a Rafflecopter Giveaway for a $25 Amazon gift card.
Double Scoop of Murder (Coffee & Cream Café Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series
Setting – New York
Gemma Halliday Publishing (February 27, 2024)
Number of Pages 226
Digital ASIN : B0CKV7QQB8
My Review:
Double Scoop of Murder is the third book in the Coffee & Cream Cafe Mysteries by Lena Gregory. This delicious cozy mystery can be read as a standalone for readers just discovering the series.
Danika (Dani) Delany runs her uncle’s old fashioned malt shop in Watchogue and is surrounded by a wonderful group of friends (Gwen, her best friend, her sister Meghan and the hilariously charming Eli). It’s a busy and fun life, but it suddenly turns chaotic when local billionaire Maxwell Crumbholtz dies and leaves his fortune to be discovered by anyone who enters a treasure hunt.
Dani is convinced by her group of friends and family to enter the contest and she finds herself getting into the spirit of the hunt, trying to decipher the clues, until she discovers a dead body at one of the possible clue sites. And on top of that, a witness claims to have seen Dani at the scene prior to the murder. Now Dani must work to find the real killer before it’s too late.
What a fun read this was–the plot summary had me at treasure hunt and ice cream. You can’t go wrong with that combination! The descriptions of the ice-cream had me drooling and telling my family we needed to go out for ice-cream right away.
This story features a solid mystery with excellent twists and some moments of true breath gasping tension, that I just wasn’t sure who was the true culprit until the end! In addition, I so enjoyed the characters. Dani’s two possible love interests add some wonderful romantic tension, and her friend/family group are such fun and add a wonderful sense of humor to the book. I will certainly return to this series for more.
About the Book:
From author Lena Gregory comes a hunt for more than just treasure…
Danika Delany is loving running her uncle’s old fashioned malt shop on eastern Long Island and putting her own modern spin on the treats they serve. Life is finally looking up for her! That is, until local billionaire Maxwell Crumbholtz dies and leaves his fortune in the form of a treasure hunt.
Chaos descends on Watchogue, and Dani and the rest of the gang from the Coffee & Cream Café join the melee when they enter the contest, try to decipher the clues, and go in search of the treasure. But Dani digs up more than she expected when she discovers a dead body buried instead of a treasure! To make matters worse, a witness claims to have seen Dani at the scene of the murder. Now, instead of a four-billion-dollar payday, Dani is on the hunt for a killer.
About The Author:
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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- February 27 – Mystery, Thrillers, and Suspense – AUTHOR GUEST POST
- February 27 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – REVIEW, INDIVIDUAL GIVEAWAY
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- February 28 – Hearts & Scribbles – SPOTLIGHT
- February 29 – Literary Gold – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
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- March 1 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW
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