Brett Collins first appeared in The Crêpes of Wrath and one of the best ways to learn about a person is by asking questions, so let’s get to know Brett.

What is your name?
Brett Collins.

How old are you?
34.

What is your profession?
I own a lawn and garden business that I operate from spring to fall each year. In the winters, I work in construction, mostly doing home renovations.

Do you have a significant other?
A beautiful fiancée.

What is her name and profession?
Her name’s Marley McKinney and she owns the local pancake house, The Flip Side.

Any children?
No.

Do you have any sibling(s)?
I have a younger sister, Chloe.

Do your parents live near you?
Yes, and my sister does too. We all live in the same town.

Who is your best friend?
Marley is my best friend.

Cats, dogs or other pets?
Marley and I have a goldendoodle named Bentley and an orange tabby cat named Flapjack.

What town do you live in?
Wildwood Cove on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State.

Type of dwelling and do you own or rent?
I live with Marley in the beachfront Victorian she inherited from a relative.

What is your favorite spot in your house?
The family room at the back of the house. It’s comfortable and has a view of the ocean. It’s where we spend most of our time at home.

Favorite meal and dessert?
Pizza, either homemade or from the local pizza parlor. Butter tarts. Although I also love licorice ice cream and anything chocolate.

Favorite hobby?
I enjoy spending time in our detached workshop, building things. At the moment, I’m working on an arbor for our wedding.

Favorite color?
Blue, closely followed by orange.

Favorite author?
It’s hard to choose just one. Some of my favorites are Michael Crichton, Tom Clancy, and Louise Penny.

Favorite vacation spot?
There’s a town on the Oregon coast I like to visit. It’s called Britton Bay.

Favorite sports team?
The Seattle Mariners.

Movies or Broadway?
Movies.

Are you a morning or a night person?
Morning.

Amateur or professional and whom do you work with?
It’s my fiancée, Marley, who does the sleuthing. She has a knack for solving mysteries.

In a few sentences, what is a typical day in your life like?
I wake up early—around 5am—and have breakfast with Marley. Then I take Bentley for a walk before heading to work. Sometimes Bentley goes to work with me, depending on what I’m doing that day. Later on, Marley and I might go for a run before making dinner. I usually spend the evening with Marley. Sometimes I’m a sounding board for her when she’s trying to solve a mystery.

Much Ado about Nutmeg is the sixth book in the “Pancake House” cozy mystery series, released January 14, 2020.

Wedding bells are in the air—along with the aroma of maple syrup—in the latest Pancake House Mystery. But a series of murders threatens to spoil everyone’s appetite. . .

Between tourist season, planning her beach wedding, and running her pancake house, the Flip Side, Marley McKinney is busier than ever. On top of that, one of her regulars is competing in Wildwood Cove’s Golden Oldies Games—a sporting event for athletes 50 and over—and Marley wants to cheer her on. Everything’s running as smooth as batter—until sports reporter Yvonne Pritchard stirs up a triple batch of trouble . . .

Yvonne has one admirer in town—Ed Herman—but she has many more enemies, from a disgruntled coach to an athlete she once shamed on social media. So when a body washes up on shore, and it’s no accident, it’s not a complete surprise Yvonne is the victim. And when Ed asks Marley to use her sleuthing skills to solve the crime, she’ll have to squeeze in time between squeezing into wedding dresses. Then a second victim turns up, and Marley will have to work at high speed to stop a killer from piling up bodies faster than she can whip up a tall stack . . .

Includes pancake recipes right from the Flip Side menu!

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About the author
Sarah Fox 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.

To learn more about Sarah, visit her website at authorsarahfox.com.

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