A Wrinkle in Thyme
The Blurb
This summer, Wildwood Cove is hosting a special event, Wild West Days, to celebrate the town’s storied past. Wildwood Cove’s museum is also getting a new lease of life thanks to a longtime resident’s generous bequest. Several locals, including Marley McKinney-Collins, owner of Flip Side pancake house, offer to transfer artifacts to the beautifully restored Victorian that will become the museum’s home. But there’s an unappetizing development when a volunteer, Jane Fassbinder, is found dead, bludgeoned with an antique clothes iron.
Marley can never resist a piping-hot mystery, and this one seems especially intriguing. Jane had recently unearthed some love letters from the Jack of Diamonds, a notorious thief who plagued Wildwood Cove over a century ago. As more locals meet with dangerous “accidents,” it seems that someone is determined to keep that correspondence buried deep in the past. And unless Marley can sift through the likely suspects, she too could end up being nothing but history.
The Details
Series; A Pancake House Mystery – Book #8
Author: Sarah Fox
Genre/Category: Cozy – Amateur Sleuth/Culinary
Publisher: Lyrical Press
ISBN: 1516110897
Page Count: 204
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The Review
Number eight in the “A Pancake House Mystery” series, A Wrinkle in Thyme is a fun, entertaining, and delightful cozy. I adore the Flip Side pancake house. Marley is a strong, independent, and somewhat nosy main character that never ceases to give readers more than a few moments of unease when she starts investigating a murder. Wildwood Coves museum has been given a new life in a renovated victorian, but this is not without controversy. When the museum’s temporary manager is killed, and some antique letters disappear, Marley jumps in to uncover the motive and the killer and discovers some remarkable history along the way.
Characters in this series have always been enjoyable. Readers can easily empathize with one or more, and new readers will find a character that will have them smiling at every mention. The suspects this time around are a new group to Marley and company, and they are also new to the Flip Side. Typically, new customers at the pancake house would make everyone happy, but this time, no one is sure if it’s good or bad. Evidence points in several directions, and some very good red herrings keep readers guessing to the end. Catching the killer leads to action and danger for Marley and her friends and almost costs more than one of their lives. Marley uncovers not only a killer but a bit of history that no one knew about previously.
A Wrinkle in Thyme will have the reader’s stomach growling with the thought of those delicious meals at the Flip Side. The recipes in the back of the book are yummy, and anyone who likes to try new food will want to create these delights at least once. There is enough action to keep readers happy, resolutions that are unquestionable, and a future for Marley that will elate readers. There is a need in our world today for a few hours of contentment, and this book, as well as the entire series, will give them this and so much more.
The Author
Sarah Fox, a writer of cozy mysteries, was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia,
where she developed a love for mysteries at a young age. When not writing novels or working as a legal writer, she is often reading her way through a stack of books or spending time outdoors with her English Springer Spaniel.
Other books from Sarah Fox readers will want to pick up include Crêpe Expectations from the “A Pancake House Mystery” series or from the “A Literary Pub Mystery” series, An Ale of Two Cities.
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