Miss Seeton Sings, Heron Carvic
Miss Seeton Sings, Heron Carvic
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Miss Seeton Sings

Author: Heron Carvic

Narrator: Phyllida Nash

Unabridged: 9 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/11/2018


Synopsis

It’s ‘set an artist to catch an artist’ . . . When a flood of perfectly faked banknotes hits the market, retired art teacher Miss Emily Seeton, the Yard’s famed ‘MissEss’, is chosen to investigate a respected Geneva bank. Somehow, the forger is also mixed up in the theft of valuable paintings. But Miss S. is new to air travel – surely the names Geneva and ‘Genova’ must be the same place? Bamboozling both the crooks and the police who vainly try to keep tabs on her, innocently humming the fraudsters’ musical password, she trips gaily along the dangerous trail. Serene amidst every kind of skullduggery, 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

Reviews

Goodreads review by Deborah on October 05, 2016

This one is written much differently from the other Miss Seeton books. It's perspective is much more detached than the previous books in the series and Miss Seeton goes around wreaking havoc and in a more Inspector Clousseau fashion. Still enjoyable, but not quite as fun.......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on May 08, 2012

Fourth in the Heron Carvic's Miss Seeton mystery series set in 1960s England. My Take Having some idea of what to expect from Miss Seeton's wake, I was thoroughly prepared to enjoy myself as MissEss swans about Europe...totally unknowing of the actions unfolding in her wake. I did enjoy Haley's cant: Th......more

Goodreads review by Jillian on January 18, 2021

A bit disappointing. As a short story or novella this would have been entertaining. As a novel it dragged. Mishaps and misunderstandings are amusing once or twice but repeated use of the device becomes boring in a novel. Farce is a genre that works in theatre or film and I could see this as successf......more

Goodreads review by Becky on June 30, 2022

Didn’t enjoy this one as much as the previous books. Some really odd and campy parts that detracted from Miss Seeton’s character.......more

Goodreads review by Betty on June 16, 2016

Counterfeit banknotes are flooding the English countryside alarming the Foreign Office Over the objections of Scotland Yard, the FO decided to send Miss Seeton to investigate a Geneva bank. While waiting for the plane Miss Seeton hear's a song and the-the words and melodies stays with her. It happen......more