"Rocky Road to Murder" By Lena Gregory: Review/Giveaway

Review by Becky Sue Epstein

Details at the end of this post on how to enter to win an ebook copy of the book and a link to purchase it. 

Twenty-something Danika Delaney thinks providing desserts for two important occasions this Friday night is a nearly-insurmountable problem. After all, she’s only the proprietor of a small coffee-and-ice cream shop, having returned to her small Long Island, New York hometown to take over the business from her ageing uncle.

On the night in question, sweets quickly become the least of Dani’s troubles. First, her nephews ruin her fanciest dress when she arrives to deliver desserts at the initial event: a dinner with her large extended family she doesn’t have time to stay for

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Fortunately, the parfaits for the next party have been picked up and delivered by a driver for the mega-wealthy host family. Dani herself has scored an invitation to this much-anticipated annual event. A quick dress change at home sends Dani off to the party only a little late. There, she plans to finally relax with her friends, ogle the wealthy, and finally eat something. But instead of mingling with the rich and snobby, filling up on chic canapes and juicy gossip, Dani is on the scene when the hostess is found dead behind the mansion.

Then Dani’s ex-boyfriend arrives, as an EMT. And her current boyfriend, a police detective, takes the case, ordering her to stay out of it. You can imagine how well that instruction goes, especially when the husband and son of the dead hostess swear they saw Dani’s car at their house earlier that day, and security footage shows someone a lot like her getting out of the car.

Camaraderie is a big part of Dani’s life, mainly in the persons of her uncle, her sister, her best friend, and a tech wizard/part-time employee. A tiny critique: readers might feel overwhelmed with the number of friendship declarations about Dani’s crew in this book—though the close friendships are a big part of the reason we’re fond of the series. And the team is ever loyal, as creative as they are supportive.

Author Lena Gregory has done another great job of keeping readers guessing about which characters are good, and which are evil, shifting the possibilities as the story progresses at a lively, entertaining pace.

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While traveling the world and writing about wine and spirits, Becky Sue Epstein read cozy mysteries to relax. One day it occurred to her that she could combine the two pursuits. She recently began to write wine-themed cozy mysteries. Hopefully, her agent will love them.

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