Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Crêpes of Wrath | 2016 | Sarah Fox | Buy |
| 2 | For Whom the Bread Rolls | 2017 | Sarah Fox | Buy |
| 3 | Of Spice and Men | 2017 | Sarah Fox | Buy |
| 4 | Yeast of Eden | 2018 | Sarah Fox | Buy |
| 5 | Crêpe Expectations | 2019 | Sarah Fox | Buy |
| 6 | Much Ado about Nutmeg | 2020 | Sarah Fox | Buy |
| 7 | A Room with a Roux | 2021 | Sarah Fox | Buy |
| 8 | A Wrinkle in Thyme | 2021 | Sarah Fox | Buy |
Sarah Fox’s Pancake House Mystery series is her longest-running work, spanning eight books published between 2016 and 2021. Marley McKinney runs The Flip Side, a pancake house in the coastal town of Wildwood Cove, where the peaceful setting keeps getting disrupted by murder. The titles are reliably punny: The Crepes of Wrath, For Whom the Bread Rolls, Yeast of Eden, and A Wrinkle in Thyme each nod to a classic literary work.
The series follows a reliable cozy mystery formula. Marley is a likeable protagonist with ties to the community, the mysteries are solvable puzzles rather than gritty crime dramas, and the small-town setting provides both charm and a ready supply of suspects. Eight books give readers plenty of time to settle into the world of Wildwood Cove and its ongoing cast of characters.