Into the Frying Pan: A Ditie Brown Mystery, Book 2

by Sarah Osborne

Mabel Aphrodite Brown has quickly learned that motherhood can sometimes be a real skirmish. But when death visits a Civil War reenactment, it's murder that's a battlefield . . .

In the thick of a hot, muggy Atlanta summer, all Ditie Brown wants to do is keep her kids occupied and ready for school in the fall. When her ex-boyfriend, Phil Brockton, shows up for a Civil War reenactment she thinks it might be fun and educational for the kids. Plus, her best friend, Lurleen, wants to put on the costumes and get in on the action, and Ditie isn't one to rebel.

But things go south after a cannon misfires, resulting in the death of Phil's med school rival. Was it an accident or something more sinister? Ditie discovers the past rarely stays buried, and her digging reveals long standing enemies, killer motives and new jealousy. When another reenactor is "accidentally" shot the pressure is on for Ditie to solve the murders, or her friends may be history . . .

Includes Family Friendly Recipes!

336 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 5, 2025

About the author

I live in Devon. I'd like to say that I write by the sea, but this is Britain and its usually much too chilly. Plus, I prefer to be nearer to my kettle and the tea bags. I don't have any pets, only a son to keep fed and watered. I spend too much time in my imaginary worlds to keep a goldfish alive.
When I'm not writing, I enjoy long walks along the beach or across the moors, and I have been known to ride on the back of a motorcycle on occasion.
I'm pretty new to this whole writing thing, and still feel a little too embarrassed to call myself a writer. Luckily my muse doesn't care what I call myself and insists I write every day.
I don't write romance, but I do write love stories. I don't obey the rules, because I don't know what they are, and I don't guarantee a happy ending – just an ending.

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