Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for A Scoop of Deceit (Coffee & Cream Café Mysteries) by Lena Gregory! Today we are featuring a review of book seven in this series – another decadently delightful cozy mystery. Stop by each blog on the tour for interviews, guest posts, spotlights, reviews, and more! There is also a Giveaway for a $25 Amazon Gift Card! ENTER HERE! ⬅️

A Scoop of Deceit (Coffee & Cream Café Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
7th in Series
Setting – New York
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gemma Halliday Publishing
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 10, 2026
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0GHZMWLBV

About the Book:

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?

My Review:

This is such a fun series! I started this latest entry one evening after dinner and then finished it early the next morning – it’s that page turning! 

I love being back with Dani and her friends – what a great group. Their investigations and sleepovers show what good friends they are to each other. I can picture Dani’s apartment, her cat and the murder board front and center. 

I sure didn’t have to wait long for the action to start in this story and once it did, it just kept going until the breath-taking end. I found myself tapping my kindle almost too hard trying to get to pages to turn faster. What a solid mystery with so many twists – I suspected so many people and worried about Dani! She is brave and stubborn but she certainly gets to the heart of the matter! 

My only complaint with this series is that I want to visit Dani’s cafe and eat delicious ice cream. That’s not really a complaint, ha! 

Five delicious stars for book seven in one of my favorite series! 

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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TOUR PARTICIPANTS:

• March 9 – @bibliophile_foodie – REVIEW  
• March 9 – Angel’s Book Nook – SPOTLIGHT
• March 10 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews -REVIEW
• March 10 – Jody’s Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT
• March 11 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
• March 11 – Read Your Writes Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT, INDIVIDUAL GIVEAWAY
• March 12 – Salty Inspirations – AUTHOR INTERVIEW 
• March 12 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT
• March 13 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – SPOTLIGHT
• March 13 – Reading, Writing & Stitch-Metic – AUTHOR GUEST POST
• March 14 – Sarah Can’t Stop Reading Books – REVIEW
• March 14 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
• March 15 – Sarandipity’s – CHARACTER GUEST POST
• March 15 – Deal Sharing Aunt – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
• March 16 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
• March 16 – Ruff Drafts – SPOTLIGHT
• March 17 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST, INDIVIDUAL GIVEAWAY
• March 18 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT  
• March 18 – Ascroft, eh? -CHARACTER INTERVIEW
• March 19 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW
• March 19 – Baroness Book Trove – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
• March 20 – View from the Birdhouse – REVIEW
• March 21 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW
• March 22 – StoreyBook Reviews – AUTHOR GUEST POST

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