Miss Seeton Books

“Actually—” Oh, dear, this was most embarrassing. It sounded so—so aggressive. But she must be exact. “Actually I was a little angry—at his rudeness, you know—so I poked him in the back...“ When Miss Seeton walks out after a performance of Carmen and witnesses a real-life stabbing, all she can recall is a shadowy figure. But how could she have guessed that her latest artistic endeavour is a picture-perfect portrait of the killer? Her sketch puts her in a perilous position, for back at her recently inherited cottage in Plummergen village, she’s fated to be a sitting duck . . . for murder most foul! Meet Miss Emily D. Seeton: this retired art teacher steps in where Scotland Yard stumbles. Armed with only her sketch pad and umbrella, she is every inch an eccentric English spinster and the most lovable and unlikely master of detection. What people are saying about Miss Seeton: “Miss Seeton is a hoot! I was torn between laughter and eye rolling with each page turn. The characters are loveable and thoroughly British. This is a perfect specimen of classic British mystery .“ “ What a joy Miss Seeton is. Why did I wait so long to read them? Splashy characters, lovely setting, and just plain funny.” “I've become a Miss Ess addict. Great characters that get better with each book . A must for anyone who loves a good British cozy with a twist, and surprising revelations of what a good brollie can do in a pinch.” “What a great series. This is one of the best in English light reading mysteries .” “Miss Seeton is a delightful sendup of the amateur sleuth. If your doctor has prescribed laughter as the best medicine , run and buy the entire series as fast as you can.” Editorial reviews: “A most beguiling protagonist! ” New York Times “Miss Seeton gets into wild drama with fine touches of farce . . . This is a lovely mixture of the funny and the exciting .” San Francisco Chronicle “This is not so much black comedy as black-currant comedy . . . You can’t stop reading. Or laughing .” The Sun “ Depth of description and lively characters bring this English village to life.” Publishers Weekly “Fun to be had with a full cast of endearingly zany villagers . . . and the ever gently intuitive Miss Seeton.” Kirkus Reviews “Miss Seeton is the most delightfully satisfactory character since Miss Marple .” Ogden Nash “I think, on the whole, Miss Seeton is the most loveable and entertaining of any of today’s fiction detectives. May she live forever .” London Mystery Selection

Miss Seeton is most embarrassed. Her every attempt at a portrait of little Effie Goffer has become a chilling picture of a corpse. Is Miss Seeton actually drawing a clue to a series of child murders in rural England? Scotland Yard thinks so, and wants Miss Seeton to turn from sketching . . . to catching a killer skilled in a very deadly art. Retired art teacher Miss Seeton steps in where Scotland Yard stumbles. Armed with only her sketch pad and umbrella, she is every inch an eccentric English spinster and at every turn the most lovable and unlikely master of detection. What people are saying about Miss Seeton: “Miss Seeton is a hoot! I was torn between laughter and eye rolling with each page turn. The characters are loveable and thoroughly British. This is a perfect specimen of classic British mystery .“ “ What a joy Miss Seeton is. Why did I wait so long to read them? Splashy characters, lovely setting, and just plain funny.” “I've become a Miss Ess addict. Great characters that get better with each book . A must for anyone who loves a good British cozy with a twist, and surprising revelations of what a good brollie can do in a pinch.” “What a great series. This is one of the best in English light reading mysteries .” “Miss Seeton is a delightful sendup of the amateur sleuth. If your doctor has prescribed laughter as the best medicine , run and buy the entire series as fast as you can.” Editorial reviews: “A most beguiling protagonist! ” New York Times “Miss Seeton gets into wild drama with fine touches of farce . . . This is a lovely mixture of the funny and the exciting .” San Francisco Chronicle “This is not so much black comedy as black-currant comedy . . . You can’t stop reading. Or laughing .” The Sun “ Depth of description and lively characters bring this English village to life.” Publishers Weekly “Fun to be had with a full cast of endearingly zany villagers . . . and the ever gently intuitive Miss Seeton.” Kirkus Reviews “Miss Seeton is the most delightfully satisfactory character since Miss Marple .” Ogden Nash “I think, on the whole, Miss Seeton is the most loveable and entertaining of any of today’s fiction detectives. May she live forever .” London Mystery Selection

Comic suspense builds as an eccentric old school teacher performs a little sleuthing for Scotland Yard and becomes involved in rumors of witchcraft and evil-doings in the village of Plummergen

When the crime-bent Elio Mantoni encounters the frail, elderly, former employee of Scotland Yard, Miss Emily Seeton, a complex intrigue results

Scotland Yard has disguised Miss Seeton as a high roller to get a police sketch of a mysterious crime boss. But she is soon playing a very dangerous game of big money and murder, and it is a sure bet that someone -- perhaps Miss Seeton -- is in mortal danger.

The eccentric English spinster toddles off to Buckingham Palace to spy on a royal retainer who may also be a Soviet spy, and while there, she encounters a second mystery involving the theft of royal jewels

A disgruntled ex-convict is itching to seek revenge against the judge who sentenced him by threatening the life of the judge's tennis star daughter, and Miss Seeton must step in before the man becomes a killer

When a ship full of convening London art dealers becomes the scene of a gruesome murder, Miss Seeton puts all thought of rest and relaxation aside and begins an investigation

Retired art teacher Emily Seeton assists in Scotland Yard's sleuthing when, during a moto coach tour, the bus is held up by highwaymen and the danger thereafter follows her to her home

Retired art teacher Miss Seeton must put down her paintbrush and pick up her magnifying glass when a series of fires ravages the village of Plummergen, and even her own cottage is set ablaze

Wrongly accused of being an accomplice to a pickpocketing incident, Miss Seeton winds up at London police headquarters, where she uncovers a nest of crime and corruption

Loveable and unlikely master of detection and retired art teacher, Miss Seeton goes undercover to catch a cold-hearted burglar when a rash of wintery pilferings stumps Scotland Yard. Original.

While returning the infant Lady MacSporran, an erstwhile missing Scottish heiress, to her parents, Miss Seeton happens upon a plot to topple the British crown. Original.

A sketch she makes at a cricket match reveals to Miss Seeton vital clues to a series of burglaries that has upset the town of Plummergen

After a local youth is arrested for murder, neighbors are alarmed when Miss Seeton is kidnapped before she can solve the case and find the real culprit

While working backstage on Plummergen's annual Christmas pageant, retired art teacher Miss Seeton uncovers a collection of rare silver--and a murder

A retired art teacher and unlikely amateur sleuth, Miss Emily Seeton steps in to investigate when a woman is found dead after a gang of thieves plunders a fortune in antiques from the village of Plummergen

Anticipating the arrival of Princess Georgina, Miss Seeton becomes an unwitting accomplice in the princess's abduction by a mysterious underground operation, and Miss Seeton must solve the case before she is targeted by Scotland Yard. Original.

Accidentally acquiring an antique box at an auction, Miss Seeton is astounded when an investigation of the box suggests it may have had royal origins, a discovery that is complicated when an auction house employee is murdered. Reprint.

While Miss Seeton and her trusty sketch pad assist in the investigation of a certain asphalt company whose otherwise healthy elderly customers end up dead, an eccentric and determined artist stalks her, keeping his eyes on her cottage for his newest work, a chocolate-covered house

The twenty-first mystery in the popular series follows the English spinster, artist, and sometime sleuth, Miss Seeton, to the French countryside, where her aristocratic friend is suspected of murder and a Nazi bomb is uncovered. Reprint.

Recruited by the very impressed official as a War Artist for the British military, Miss Emily D. Seeton goes undercover in an airplane factory armed only with her sketch pad to uncover evidence of sabotage

Miss Seeton is back! A new original for this classic series of humorous cosy mysteries. It’s practically a Royal Marriage! The highly eligible son of Miss Seeton’s old friends Sir George and Lady Colveden has wed the daughter of a French count. Miss Seeton lends her talents to the village scheme to create a quilted ‘Bayeux Tapestry’ of local history, inspired by the wedding. But her intuitive sketches reveal a startlingly different perspective – involving buried Nazi secrets, and links to the mysterious death of a diplomat and to a South American dictator . . . Serene amidst every kind of skulduggery, this eccentric English spinster steps in where Scotland Yard stumbles, armed with nothing more than her sketchpad and umbrella! The first new mystery in this much-loved series for almost twenty years. Find out why the world can’t get enough of Miss Seeton! What readers are saying: “Miss Seeton is a hoot! I was torn between laughter and eye rolling with each page turn. The characters are loveable and thoroughly British. This is a perfect specimen of classic British mystery. “ “ What a joy Miss Seeton is. Why did I wait so long to read them? Splashy characters, lovely setting, and just plain funny.” “I've become a Miss Ess addict. Great characters that get better with each book . A must for anyone who loves a good British cozy with a twist, and surprising revelations of what a good brollie can do in a pinch.” “What a great series. This is one of the best in English light reading mysteries .” “ All of the Miss Seeton books are a delight . Just fun reading.” “LOVED this - the writing style is clever and unfolds much like a wonderful farce or a comedy of errors. You'll just fall in love with Miss Seeton - she's now my favorite British maiden aunt , and the supporting cast is a lot of fun too.” “Very entertaining. Better than Miss Marple. Can't wait to read more .” “Heron Carvic's inspired gentle satire of such elderly lady detectives as Miss Marple and Miss Silver is simply hilarious. Miss Seeton floats blithely through life, oblivious to the fact that she and her trusty umbrella are foiling bad guys at every turn.” “Miss Seeton is a delightful sendup of the amateur sleuth. If your doctor has prescribed laughter as the best medicine , run and buy the entire series as fast as you can.” “I fell in love with the character of Miss Seeton. It was a breath of fresh air compared to what is being written today.” “How could you not love Miss Seeton?? So innocent, and kind. But, don't mess with her and her trusty umbrella!!” “She drove me crazy then and she drives me crazy now, and yet, I will probably read the whole series again on my Kindle. There is something absolutely mesmerizing about this delightful lady . . . Will she ever wake up to the world? “ Editorial reviews: “A most beguiling protagonist!” New York Times “Miss Seeton gets into wild drama with fine touches of farce . . . This is a lovely mixture of the funny and the exciting .” San Francisco Chronicle “This is not so much black comedy as black-currant comedy . . . You can’t stop reading. Or laughing .” The Sun “ Depth of description and lively characters bring this English village to life.” Publishers Weekly “Fun to be had with a full cast of endearingly zany villagers . . . and the ever gently intuitive Miss Seeton.” Kirkus Reviews “Miss Seeton is the most delightfully satisfactory character since Miss Marple .” Ogden Nash

Lucky Miss Seeton! A modest Premium Bond win means a whole week in legendary Glastonbury. She can draw and drink in the surroundings, just what she needs for her scene-painting role in the village production of ‘Camelot’. By coincidence, the kidnapped Heir to an industrial family may be hidden around there and Chief Superintendent Delphick has asked the ex-art teacher to create some of her famous, insightful sketches. Even he is nonplussed by the resulting images of capering sheep in straitjackets, flashing false teeth! But the Heir is in danger, a murderer is lurking, and the first victim may not be the last. Then fortune favours Miss Seeton again, her raffle ticket winning her a hot air balloon flight, and well, it’s just amazing what you can see from above . . . Serene amidst every kind of skulduggery, this eccentric English spinster steps in where Scotland Yard stumbles, armed with nothing more than her sketchpad and umbrella! What people are saying about Miss Seeton: “Miss Seeton is a hoot! I was torn between laughter and eye rolling with each page turn. The characters are loveable and thoroughly British. This is a perfect specimen of classic British mystery .“ “ What a joy Miss Seeton is. Why did I wait so long to read them? Splashy characters, lovely setting, and just plain funny.” “I've become a Miss Ess addict. Great characters that get better with each book . A must for anyone who loves a good British cozy with a twist, and surprising revelations of what a good brollie can do in a pinch.” “What a great series. This is one of the best in English light reading mysteries .” “Miss Seeton is a delightful sendup of the amateur sleuth. If your doctor has prescribed laughter as the best medicine , run and buy the entire series as fast as you can.” Editorial reviews: “A most beguiling protagonist! ” New York Times “Miss Seeton gets into wild drama with fine touches of farce . . . This is a lovely mixture of the funny and the exciting .” San Francisco Chronicle “This is not so much black comedy as black-currant comedy . . . You can’t stop reading. Or laughing .” The Sun “ Depth of description and lively characters bring this English village to life.” Publishers Weekly “Fun to be had with a full cast of endearingly zany villagers . . . and the ever gently intuitive Miss Seeton.” Kirkus Reviews “Miss Seeton is the most delightfully satisfactory character since Miss Marple .” Ogden Nash “I think, on the whole, Miss Seeton is the most loveable and entertaining of any of today’s fiction detectives. May she live forever .” London Mystery Selection

Have the smugglers made a grave mistake? Customs & Excise are tracking a gang of cigar-smugglers who operate on the quiet Kent coast near Plummergen, home to retired art teacher Miss Emily Seeton . Their attempt at a midnight ambush goes wrong, and a man is found dead. As Miss Seeton sketches the most notorious tomb in Plummergen churchyard – the one built for 19th-century smuggler Abraham Voller – she meets a young American tourist. He claims to be a descendant of the Voller family, but is he a truly innocent ancestor-hunter, or do smugglers inherit their trade? When the school concert includes a performance of Kipling’s “A Smuggler’s Song” it begins to seem that everyone is at it ... but we can rely on Miss Seeton to ensure that the police will get their man, and the smugglers’ dreams will go up in smoke! Serene amidst every kind of skulduggery, this eccentric English spinster steps in where Scotland Yard stumbles, armed with nothing more than her sketchpad and umbrella. What people are saying about Miss Seeton: “ What a joy Miss Seeton is. Why did I wait so long to read them? Splashy characters, lovely setting, and just plain funny.” “I've become a Miss Ess addict. Great characters that get better with each book . A must for anyone who loves a good British cozy with a twist, and surprising revelations of what a good brollie can do in a pinch.” “What a great series. This is one of the best in English light reading mysteries .” “Miss Seeton is a delightful sendup of the amateur sleuth. If your doctor has prescribed laughter as the best medicine , run and buy the entire series as fast as you can.” Editorial reviews: “A most beguiling protagonist! ” New York Times “Miss Seeton gets into wild drama with fine touches of farce . . . This is a lovely mixture of the funny and the exciting .” San Francisco Chronicle “This is not so much black comedy as black-currant comedy . . . You can’t stop reading. Or laughing .” The Sun “ Depth of description and lively characters bring this English village to life.” Publishers Weekly “Fun to be had with a full cast of endearingly zany villagers . . . and the ever gently intuitive Miss Seeton.” Kirkus Reviews “Miss Seeton is the most delightfully satisfactory character since Miss Marple .” Ogden Nash “I think, on the whole, Miss Seeton is the most loveable and entertaining of any of today’s fiction detectives. May she live forever .” London Mystery Selection