A positive crimewave has descended on Miss Seeton's peaceful home village of Plummergen. There's the Sherry Gang, who go round offering to help old folk with their shopping then ply them with drugged booze and rob them. And a return to olden times with the Dick Turpin robberies - coaches of people held up on the highway and told to "Stand and deliver!"

When the Battling Brolly tries to help the police by creating some of her famous sketches she seems to hint at a connection between the gangs - but what? If only Chief Superintendent Delphick can work out the subconscious clue behind Miss Ess's cryptic cartoons.

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!

Miss Seeton sketches some roadside bandits, and becomes a moving target herself.

About the Author

Hamilton Crane is the pseudonym used by Sarah J. Mason when writing for the Miss Seeton series. She has also written detective fiction under her own name, but should not be confused with the Sarah Mason (no middle initial) who writes a rather different kind of book. After half a century in Hertfordshire (if we ignore four years in Scotland and one in New Zealand), Sarah J. Mason now lives in Somerset-within easy reach of the beautiful city of Wells, and just far enough from Glastonbury to avoid the annual traffic jams.

Reviews

PRAISE FOR MISS SEETON:

'This is not so much black comedy as black-currant comedy... You can't stop reading. Or laughing' The Sun

'A most beguiling protagonist!' New York Times

'Light, zany, this novel is peopled by several genuine human beings you hate to see go' Houston Post

'Depth of description and lively characters bring this English village to life' Publishers Weekly

'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

'For those who like a bit of fun in their mystery stories a new Miss Seeton yarn is always welcome. Heron Carvic once more provides his readers with a host of chuckles while at the same time assuring plenty of action' Lewiston Journal

'She's a joy!' Cleveland Plain Dealer

'Miss Seeton is a star!' Detroit News

'Not since Agatha Christie's Miss Marple has there been a more lovable female dabbler in crime and suspense' Amarillo News

'Miss Seeton is the most delightfully satisfactory character since Miss Marple' Ogden Nash

Book Information
ISBN 9781788420808
Author Hamilton Crane
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Farrago
Publisher Duckworth Books