Dawn Schafer, Undercover Baby-Sitter (The Baby-Sitters Club Mystery #26‪)‬

Dear Ellen Miles,

We are obviously huge fans of your work, but in this scintillating novel, Dawng Schafer (this creative spelling is for everybody) is a baby-sitter going undercover as a detective, not the other way round, ma’am. If she were going undercover as a baby-sitter, she would not be a baby-sitter, she would be posing as a baby-sitter, or she would be going as a baby-sitter and posing as a baby in the way that a detective would be going undercover as a drug dealer.

OK, thanks for listening, Ellen. Sit tight – the rest of this is important as well.

***POTENTIAL SPOILER ALERT***

Under the cover of this book, you will find a scintillating story of intrigue, suspense, and mystery. Under the cover of the portraits, Dawn finds the clue that blows the lid wide off of this one. Under the covers in the bedroom … I’m reading this book late into the night. What were you thinking, Ellen? 🤪

And finally, always remember that under the cover of night, whether you’re an undercover boss, an undercover baby-sitter, an undercover detective, or just under the covers … reading this book (why? what were you thinking, Ellen?), if you get to the end, much like the Cornells, Keats, and Livingston families, you’ll find your true inheritance: each other.

Anyway, Ellen, we didn’t dock you a star, but please be more precise with your title. You’re an actual writer, not an undercover one.

– Jack Shepherd and Tanner Greenring (P.S. We loved this one)

THIS IS A SUPPLEMENTAL REVIEW TO THE PREVIOUS REVIEW LEFT BY MY COLLEAGUE, JACK SHEPHERD. My one star should be thought of as additive to Jack’s rating, do not take the average. This is an unprecedented six-star review.

This is open letter Hodges Soileau and Ellen Miles.

Dear Hodges,
Thanks for pointing our in eight words what it took us paragraphs to do: that Ellen made the biggest mistake of her life with this title.

Sincerely, Tanner Greenring and Jack Shepherd
PS - We loved this cover.

Dear Ellen,
We’ve already said everything we wanted to say to you and it looks like Hodges did too. While our words and his art may have hurt you, please remember that under the cover of our criticism is an opportunity for you to be better, like us and like Hodges.

Sincerely, Tanner Greenring and Jack Shepherd
PS - We REALLY did love this one.

I saw a bit of the preview and I saw that it was fine enough for it to be good to me so I rate it 5⭐️