In the first book of this wonderful detective series, Sarah Fox introduces us to her charming heroine Marley McKinney, who is literally stuck in the story, there is no other way to say it. Leaving behind the bustling Seattle and work in a law firm, Marley takes control his cousin Jimmy's diner while he is sick with pneumonia and in the hospital. This is how she imagined those two weeks in the seaside town - quirky but nice people, the aroma of maple syrup and a gloomy chef who makes the best pancakes in the world... and she did not at all expect that one day Jimmy would be found dead on the coastal rocks at the foot of the cliff. Having stumbled upon evidence in Jimmy's workshop, Marley is determined to find out what is really going on in this city, which no longer seems so idyllic. With the help of her high school sweetheart and adopted cat, Marley takes on the investigation. But if she is not careful, she risks coming face to face with a killer who, without a twinge of conscience, will fry her like a pancake in a frying pan...