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Miss Seeton Quilts the Village (2017)

Tekijä: Hamilton Crane

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Sarjat: Heron Carvic's Miss Seeton (23)

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Miss Seeton returns! - a new original (the first in almost 20 years) for this classic series of humorous cosy mysteries created by Heron Carvic. 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! 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.… (lisätietoja)

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full review can be found here:

https://nordie.wordpress.com/2017/10/05/book-review-miss-seeton-quilts-the-villa...

nordie | Oct 14, 2023 |

full review can be found here:

https://nordie.wordpress.com/2017/10/05/book-review-miss-seeton-quilts-the-villa...

nordie | Oct 14, 2023 |

Miss Seeton is back in her first new adventure in 20 years! Yay!! She is still armed with her sketch pad, pencils and trusty umbrella.....and her uncanny ability to uncover secrets that even Scotland Yard can't ferret out!

This time Miss Seeton agrees to help create a quilt to honor the wedding of a local couple. As usual her handiwork reveals some underlying secrets in the village including espionage. A hidden historical mural discovered under old plaster in the newlyweds home also added some interesting bits to the plot. All in all, an enjoyable addition to the Miss Seeton series (now at 22 books!). She was her usual clueless self and the village characters were all their usual gossipy selves.....made me smile the entire time I was reading!

I'm a sucker for the sweet-old-lady-as-detective or period mysteries....so I love Miss Seeton. The humor is always witty and dry....the umbrella is always put to good use....and Miss Seeton never quite realizes that she knows things that are important.

Readers who are new to Miss Seeton can jump in at this newest book and be fine. It isn't necessary to have read any of the prior novels. There is enough explanation of the characters to understand the basics and enjoy the plot of this newest book. For those who have read some, or all, of the other Miss Seeton books, I think the humor and characters carry over well to this new story, despite 20 years passing since the last book.

The series was started in 1968 by Heron Carvic. The series was continued by Hampton Charles and Hamilton Crane. Hamilton Crane is a pseudonym used by author Sarah J. Mason. (

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JuliW | Nov 22, 2020 |

Not bad! I love the original Miss Seeton stories, by Heron Carvic. I tried reading some of the others, but they never came up to the quality of the originals, and after a while I just quit. At least they moved away from the homophobic author - but Hamilton Crane seemed to be intent on including every single character who had ever been in a Miss Seeton story into each new one, which made it hard to also include a new plot and adventure. There was a long pause in the Miss Seeton books, then they got reissued in ebook form; I got the Heron Carvic ones through Netgalley, read and enjoyed them, and deliberately ignored the rest of the series. But this one is actually new; same author (I think - might be someone else using the same name, which is clearly a pseudonym anyway), but written this year, after the pause. So I tried it - and it works. There are still a _lot_ of callbacks to familiar characters, situations, and patterns (village competition, and gossip, in particular - plus a somewhat random reference to one character being homosexual), but it's not jammed full of every single character, like the last ones I read. The story is a little sketchy - Delphick is mostly sidetracked, dealing with mounds of paper. Assorted random things get linked together, with Miss Seeton's sketches doing some (but not all) of the linking (as usual). There's a big punchup near the end - and for once Miss Seeton is not directly involved (which is mentioned, with wonder, by some of those who are). And the story actually ends a little early - there's still at least one sketch unseen by the police, with the answer to at least one question in it. Not a major question, or at least not one Delphick is supposed to answer (or even learn the answer to), but still. Cute, fluffy, not up to Heron Carvic but definitely worth reading. I may even go back and read some of the Miss Seetons I've skipped. (

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jjmcgaffey | Oct 17, 2017 |

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What fun! An unusual Scotland Yard detective, a village full of wildly imaginative housewives, an untimely death, a village needlework competition, spies, fools, Nazi saboteurs, a weird painting, and the indomitable Miss Seeton add up to a hilarious cozy mystery! The characters certainly are, and the plot is ingenious. Don't miss this light hearted romp with some very unusual goings on! (

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Miss Seeton returns! - a new original (the first in almost 20 years) for this classic series of humorous cosy mysteries created by Heron Carvic. 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! 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.

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