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Sarah Osborne Books in Order

Sarah Osborne has written 12 books, published between 2018 and 2024. The first book is Too Many Crooks Spoil the Plot (2018) and the newest is The Art of Murder (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2018–2024
Pages on record
736 in 3 of 12 books
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Sarah Osborne writes cozy mysteries with amateur and women sleuths, and the catalogue lists 12 books from Too Many Crooks Spoil the Plot (2018) to The Art of Murder (2024). The two series on record are Ditie Brown Mystery and Flo & Maude Christmas Cozy. Into the Frying Pan (2019), Murder Most Southern (2020), Flo and Maude Save a Santa (2021), Wedded to Trouble (2022) and Murder and Misdirection (2023) are other titles. Osborne is still publishing.

How many Sarah Osborne books are there?

Sarah Osborne has 12 books, released between 2018 and 2024. They include 2 separate series.

Sarah Osborne Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Sarah Osborne books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Too Many Crooks Spoil the Plot by Sarah Osborne, book 1 of the Ditie Brown Mystery series (2018)
  2. Cover of Into the Frying Pan by Sarah Osborne, book 2 of the Ditie Brown Mystery series (2019)
  3. Cover of Murder Most Southern by Sarah Osborne, book 3 of the Ditie Brown Mystery series (2020)
  1. 1
    Too Many Crooks Spoil the PlotDitie Brown Mystery #12018 · 244 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018244
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  2. 2
    Into the Frying PanDitie Brown Mystery #22019 · 250 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019250
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  3. 3
    Flo and Maude Christmas CapersFlo & Maude Christmas Cozy #12020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  4. 4
    Murder Most SouthernDitie Brown Mystery #32020 · 242 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020242
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  5. 5
    Flo and Maude Save a SantaFlo & Maude Christmas Cozy #22021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  6. 6
    The House of Good and EvilDitie Brown Mystery #42021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  7. 7
    Spy vs SpyFlo & Maude Christmas Cozy #32022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  8. 8
    Wedded to TroubleDitie Brown Mystery #52022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  9. 9
    Mrs. Claus Needs a HandFlo & Maude Christmas Cozy #42023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  10. 10
    Murder and MisdirectionDitie Brown Mystery #62023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  11. 11
    Flo's Lost LoveFlo & Maude Christmas Cozy #52024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  12. 12
    The Art of MurderDitie Brown Mystery #72024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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Sarah Osborne books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Ditie Brown Mystery in order

7 books
  1. 1. Too Many Crooks Spoil the Plot
  2. 2. Into the Frying Pan
  3. 3. Murder Most Southern
  4. 4. The House of Good and Evil
  5. 5. Wedded to Trouble
  6. 6. Murder and Misdirection
  7. 7. The Art of Murder

Flo & Maude Christmas Cozy in order

5 books
  1. 1. Flo and Maude Christmas Capers
  2. 2. Flo and Maude Save a Santa
  3. 3. Spy vs Spy
  4. 4. Mrs. Claus Needs a Hand
  5. 5. Flo's Lost Love

Do you have to read Sarah Osborne books in order?

You only need to read Sarah Osborne books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Sarah Osborne

Start with Too Many Crooks Spoil the Plot (2018), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Sarah Osborne book?

The Art of Murder (2024) is the newest Sarah Osborne book released so far.

Is there a new Sarah Osborne book coming?

No next Sarah Osborne book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Sarah Osborne at a glance

Still publishing
Sarah Osborne published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Sarah Osborne books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
736 pages across the 3 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 244 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sarah Osborne books, 10 of 12, were published in the 2020s.

What the Sarah Osborne books are about

3 of the 12 Sarah Osborne books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.