It is my pleasure to host the cover reveal for the next book in the “Ditie Brown” mystery series, coming September 2025 and now up for preorder.

Publication Date: September 15, 2025
Format: Print, Digital
Name of Series: A Ditie Brown Mystery ~ Book 8
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Author Website: doctorosborne.com


Book Synopsis
Is there another wedding in the air?

Mabel Aphrodite Brown and her best friend, Lurleen, are preparing for Lurleen’s upcoming marriage to long-time boyfriend, Danny, in southern France. They must find the perfect wedding hair style created by the finest hair dresser in Atlanta. But no matter what Robbie, hair stylist extraordinaire, offers her, Lurleen seems dissatisfied. Is it the hair style or the wedding itself that is troubling her? Before Ditie can sort this out, disaster descends on the salon. A woman is found dead by electrocution in a hair drying chair. Is it murder, suicide or an accident? Lurleen and Ditie must sort out this hair-raising death.

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About the author
Sarah Osborne is the pen name for a physician and author currently living on Cape Cod. She writes cozy mysteries to provide comfort and humor in difficult times. She loves to hear from readers and can be reached at sarah@doctorosborne.com. Please sign up for her monthly newsletter on her website.

Giveaway: Sarah has generously offered to give away a paperback book in the “Ditie Brown” series (Too Many Crooks Spoil, Into the Frying Pan, Murder Most Southern, The House of Good and Evil, Wedded to Trouble, Murder and Misdirection, & The Art of Murder). To enter, please leave a comment below. One entry per person and the giveaway is limited to U.S. residents only. Giveaway ends August 13, 2025. Good luck everyone!