Crafts and Life

With a Hollywood film crew in town to shoot a remake of the horror classic The Perishing, the residents of Wildwood Cove are all abuzz. Even Marley McKinney, owner of The Flip Side Pancake House, can overlook the fact that the lead actress, Alyssa Jayde, happens to be an old flame of her boyfriend. After all, the crew loves Marley’s crêpes—so much so that Christine, the head makeup artist, invites her onset for a behind-the-scenes tour. But when Marley arrives, the special-effects trailer is on fire . . . with Christine inside.

The cops quickly rule Christine’s death a murder, and Alyssa a suspect. Marley’s boyfriend insists that the actress is innocent, but when Marley sticks her nose into the complicated lives of The Perishing’s cast and crew, she discovers more questions than answers. It seems that everyone has a hidden agenda—and a plausible motive. And as the horror spills over from the silver screen, Marley gets a funny feeling that she may be the killer’s next victim.

Hollywood has come to Wildwood Cove and most people are excited about what is going on, the exceptions seem to be Ivan, Marley's chef (he is sure that this re-make will be no where near as good as the original!) and surprisingly Chloe, Marley's boyfriend's sister, apparently the new female lead used to go out with Brett but the first Marley finds out about this is when she finds Alyssa wrapped in Brett's arms! Granted the whole film set is upset as the chief make-up artist has been killed (Marley found her, as she spotted the trailer on fire!) but this still doesn't mean she is happy about the woman muscling in again.

After this it seems the film is jinxed, props go missing, a generator is damaged … and then Alyssa is arrested for murder!  Even though she dislikes the woman, Marley is convinced she is innocent of this crime and so time to go sleuthing again!