Watch the Wall, Miss Seeton
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.
Book details
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781788421164
- Published
- 21 February 2019
- Pages
- 288
- Duration
- Dimensions
- 129 x 198 mm
- Genre
- Cosy Crime
- Imprint
- Farrago
Reviews
PRAISE FOR MISS SEETON:
'This is not so much black comedy as black-currant comedy . . . You can’t stop reading. Or laughing'
'A most beguiling protagonist!'
'Miss Seeton gets into wild drama with fine touches of farce… This is a lovely mixture of the funny and the exciting'
'Depth of description and lively characters bring this English village to life'
'Fun to be had with a full cast of endearingly zany villagers... and the ever gently intuitive Miss Seeton'
'Miss Seeton is the most delightfully satisfactory character since Miss Marple'
'I think, on the whole, Miss Seeton is the most loveable and entertaining of any of today’s fiction detectives. May she live forever'
'Light, zany, this novel is peopled by several genuine human beings you hate to see go'
'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'
'She’s a joy!'
'Miss Seeton is a star!'
'Not since Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple has there been a more lovable female dabbler in crime and suspense'
