Hi all! My name is Lena Gregory, and I’m excited to share a little bit about A SCOOP OF DECEIT the eighth story in my Coffee & Cream Café Mystery series with you.
A is for Again. Dani and her friends once again find themselves embroiled in a murder investigation.
S is for Spring. Spring has finally sprung on the east end of Long Island and brought with it sunny skies, a hint of warmth, and murder.
C is for Chin Wagging. The Watchogue rumor mill is working overtime after Sebastian Krane is found stabbed in the back.
O is for Outrage! Dani and her friends are outraged when a man backs into Mrs. Delaney’s car and then files a lawsuit against her.
O is for Other. Someone other than Dani’s mom had it out for Sebastian Krane, and Dani plans to prove it.
P is for Pushing. Will Dani be in danger of pushing up daisies herself before she can find the killer?
O is for Oh, my! And the surprise that comes at Sunday dinner, along with a startling revelation for Dani.
F is for Fat Chance. Dani’s polite response to insistence that she back off her own investigation.
D is for Death. Which Danika Delaney insists is not her mother’s fault, despite the fact that she had motive.
E is for Ethel. Or in Danika’s case, her best friend and partner in crime, Gwen Rothberg. (The Ethel to her Lucy, according to Detective Dreamy)
C is for Clothing bin. And that’s all I’ll say.
E is for Eli. A.K.A. Elijah Sinclair, Danika’s barista at the Coffee & Cream Café, who is a hero in his own adorable way.
I is for Interference. Danika, once again, interferes in her sort-of boyfriend, Detective Jake Barlow’s, murder investigation.
T is for Tension. Dani discovers what it feels like to be on the opposite end of things when someone close to her gets in over their head.
A SCOOP OF DECEIT by Lena Gregory
Coffee & Cream Café Mysteries #7
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 she 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?
Mystery Cozy | Mystery Culinary [ Gemma Halliday Publishing, On Sale: March 10, 2026, e-Book, ISBN: 2940182635097 / ]
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About Lena Gregory
Lena lives in a small town on the south shore of eastern Long Island with her husband and three children. When she was growing up, she spent many lazy afternoons on the beach, in the yard, anywhere she could find to curl up with a good book. She loves reading as much now as she did then, but she now enjoys the added pleasure of creating her own stories.
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