Too Many Crooks Spoil the Plot by Sarah Osborne is the first book in the NEW “Ditie Brown” mystery series, coming May 29, 2018 from Lyrical Underground.

Pediatrician Mabel Aphrodite Brown adores kids. So when a childhood friend asks Ditie to babysit her kids for a few days, she jumps at the chance. She never imagined she’d be solving a murder too . . .

Despite growing up together, Ditie hasn’t seen Ellie Winston in two years, and she didn’t even know Ellie was living in Atlanta. But when Ellie asks her to take care of Lucie and Jason for the weekend, she thinks nothing of it. They’ll bake cookies together, play with her dog—it’ll be fun! Until the police call with terrible news . . .

Ellie may not have been the best friend, but who would want her dead? Could it have something to do with the vague get-rich-quick scheme she mentioned to Ditie? Or the men in a black truck following her and breaking into her home? Not sure who to trust other than her best friend, Lurleen, Ditie’s buried maternal instincts kick in to protect the kids and find their mother’s killer—before they’re orphaned again . . .

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This is another book that I discovered after the author did a guest post on my blog and I liked the piece she wrote, so of course I had to read it and boy am I glad I did.

This was an enjoyable story that I could not put down quickly becoming a page-turner. A friend leaves Ditie with her two children and when she is found murdered, Ditie with the help of her friend and a handsome detective and PI seek out clues to find a murdered. What a tangled web that was weaved as the drama takes hold with a slew of suspects and clues left for this reader to uncover. The author did a great job in telling this lighthearted whodunit with great aplomb, creating a sequence of events that had me glued to the pages as I had to know how this was going to end. This was well-written and I liked how she developed the characters giving us just enough for a repeat visit to Atlanta, Georgia with Ditie and the gang. From Ditie to Lurleen (who I can’t wait to hear her backstory) to Mason to Eddie to Dan to Tommy to Lucie and to Jason who were both adorable, all played pivotal roles in how well this story was being told and delivered. This was a fun book and I can’t wait to read the next book in this delightfully engaging series.

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FTC Full Disclosure – I received a digital ARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley.