I love cozy mysteries, especially ones with older protagonists.

I had read a few earlier Miss Seeton books and enjoyed them. I was easily able to fall right back into this later book even skipping many in between.

Thoroughly an enjoyable comfort read.

I just love the Miss Seeton books series. I loved seeing old friends like the Oracle, Bob Ranger, the Colvedens who all provide background to Emily Seeton’s oblivious detecting! Sheep, hot-air balloons, and Arthurian legends form the backdrop to drugs, kidnapping and land steals in “Miss Seeton Flies High." I'd love to see Miss Weston brought to life in film!

Another old book being reissued as a ebook. I've always enjoyed Miss Seeton. She's another elderly, English spinster sleuth, but she's not as well known as Miss Marple or Miss Silver, which is a shame. Miss Seeton is unlike her compatriots in that she's a little less judgmental and she's also a working sleuth, on retainer with Scotland Yard. The Seeton hook is that she's a retired art teacher, and in her sketches are her subconscious observations or intuitions that lead Scotland Yard to solve the mystery. In Flies High, drug runners and a kidnapped heir are confounded by King Arthur and New Agers, but Miss Seeton gets to take a balloon ride and solve the case. Recommended

Miss Seton...what can I say? Hilarious, witty and definitely entertaining. I am looking forward to more. Definitely recommend!

One should always be careful when entering a book series partway through. It would be difficult to review this book without recognising that it is the twenty-third in the series. As such, despite the efforts of the author to prepare new readers, there will always be things the author and previous readers take for granted that are not transparent to the new reader. Consequently, this book took some time to get into. In line with other such books, the early chapters are used to introduce the dramatis personae both new and established. This is often the opportunity to contextualise the story, Whilst hints of the plot and its themes are presented, it is done without the consolidation of the central characters as this is assumed to be familiar. The effect is that everything is presented in a vague way, which makes it difficult to make sense of what is going on. As the plot progresses it is possible to glean an understanding and so make the story approachable, but it takes effort on the part of a new reader.

The style of writing is somewhat unusual as there is a tendency to partially describe a scene from the point of view of an individual, but then move to a later point in time where the same scene is reflected upon, often by a different set of characters. It is assumed that this is to allow interpretation of a scene to occur without the need to repeat it. However, it does not aid in the flow of the story, which has a tendency to jump around.

The premise of the story is based on coincidence, intuition and leaps of faith. The latter are focussed on a senior detective rather than the character of the title, who coincidentally is in the right place at the right time and unwittingly provides the basis for insight. This offers little in the way of credibility but is indicative of the cozy nature of such stories.

I don't know what it was about this that just made it not click with me - maybe I was too tired but it just felt disjointed to me and didn't have the same flow that the others in this series have had. Never mind.

Miss Seeton Flies High is the 23rd Miss Seeton book (and the 15th by Hamilton Crane, by my count). Published April 19th by Farrago, it's 272 pages and available in ebook and paperback formats.

The Miss Seeton books are 'comfort' reading. You pretty much know exactly what you're in for when you read one. They're the coziest of cozies. The titular character is gently bred, timeless, unchanging, sweetly naive, and tuned in to some subtle cosmic wavelength which allows her to collaborate with the constabulary to solve crimes. The murders are (relatively) bloodless, the language is perfectly innocent, the plots are lightly humorous without being sarcastic.

In general, the series is well crafted and the plotting and dialogue are well done. This particular book was a trifle scattered in places, but tied everything together in the end. I love love love Miss Seeton and have been enjoying the series since sometime in the late 1970s.

I highly recommend the books (and this book specifically) for fans of cozies and elderly female gentlewoman sleuths.

Possibly worth noting for Kindle Unlimited subscribers, this book is included in the KU subscription.

Four stars, really enjoyed this one a lot.

I love as thrilled to see this book in New release. I love Miss Seeton as a character. She's just so funny. This one has quite a complicated plot with a series of thefts and a kidnapping. If you like a lot of humor with your mystery, you should give this series a try.

Another delightful Miss Seeton novel. I really have come to love reading this series, and engaging with the characters. I always look forward to the newest reprint.

This is book #23 in the series, but only the 2nd one I've read. I can tell there is a ton of back history I'm missing, but I don't really think it impacts the story. The characters are a trifle odd, Miss Seeton never seems to know how much she knows and how her help solves the mysteries. All in all a fun read.

I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley for my honest review.

Another Miss Seeton classic! I just love the Miss Seeton series. Every time I open one I'm in my happy place! Lovers of cozy English mysteries such as Agatha Raisin are sure to enjoy these!

Let me introduce you to Miss Seeton. She is the 1970’s answer to Miss Marple. In this installment of the series, Miss Seeton is asked to design the sets for the annual school Christmas play. This year the story will be about King Arthur and in order to be inspired Miss Seeton travels to the West country to visit the historical sites. Meanwhile, her friend Chief Superintendent Delphick and a kidnapping to deal with and he needs some insight. Miss Seeton is well known at Scotland Yard for the pictures she draws that contain clues to crimes, so Delphick pays her a visit. Several drawings and a hot air balloon ride later Delphick is finally closing in on his suspect and Miss Seeton has new project.

This was a delightful little story. Miss Seeton is a charming character is like Miss Marple before her is more that she appears to be. This is not the first in the series but it stands on its own just fine. The plot has some really nice twists and a few red herrings to keep the reader guessing. My favorite part of the book is how well the author portrays the time period. I can’t quite tell you how but the feel of the 70’s really comes through. There are hippies, and illegal marijuana growing. There’s the clash between the older and younger generations of the time. Finally, there are the references to the legend of King Arthur and the historical sites related to the stories. All of this combined to make a very engaging story. I hope that the publisher will be releasing more books in this series. I think this book will be especially enjoyable for cozy mystery lovers.

Brilliant British cozy! I received a copy from NetGalley and the publisher and this is my honest review. Great period piece and a true British cozy. This well thought out mystery kept me guessing until the end. The pacing was constant and the characters and their dialogue were spot on! This is the first book I have read in this series - now I only have 22 to go!

an old lady who sloves crimes in a real special way. It is fun to read this book, because its written so well.

How have I never known about this series? I must go back and start at the beginning! Witty and a well written British mystery. Miss Ess is a delight and I look forward to reading more about her exploits. Thanks to Farrago and NetGalley for providing me a galley in return for my honest opinion.

I always enjoy Miss Seeton and her escapades. This book was, I think, slightly less funny than some of the others, but it was still very enjoyable.

I don't know how old the author publishing as Mr. Hamilton Crane is but I don't think the 1960s and 70s is familiar territory. I didn't like Miss Seeton, I did not believe the scenarios and the dialogue was impossibly fake hip. I hope never to pick up a book of this series again.

I received a review copy of "Miss Seeton Flies High" by Hamilton Crane (Farrago) through NetGalley.com. The Miss Seeton series began by Geoffrey Harris using the pseudonym Heron Carvic. Following Mr. Harris's death, several writers have continued the series.

Again, I requested Miss Seeton Flies High from Netgalley without realizing it is part of a series. In fact, “Hamilton Crane” is the pseudonym for the second writer of the series, the first being Heron Carvic. Miss Seeton Flies High is the 23rd book in the series.

If you are expecting a traditional mystery from this series, you’ll be surprised. Miss Seeton is a sort of cross between Miss Marple and a medium. Her forte is drawing surrealistic pictures that give the police clues about the crime in question, if they can figure them out.

Miss Seeton is asked about the kidnapping of a rich playboy and draws a picture of crazed sheep that leads the police instead to a pot-growing enterprise. Later, the retired art teacher receives a much-appreciated windfall. She uses it to take a short vacation in Glasonbury to research King Arthur for a local play. In Glastonbury, she meets a man who later becomes a victim.

This novel is set in the 1970’s and has a little bit of the 70’s atmosphere, especially with hippies and other New Agers in Glastonbury.

Of course, even the notion that the police would take Miss Seeton’s drawings seriously is ridiculous, let alone treat them as evidence. The reader has no hope of interpreting the drawings and guessing the perpetrator of the crime, since they are full of puns and not enough information about them is provided. Essentially, these novels are meant as spoofs of whodunnits. I’m sure they’re fun to write. I didn’t find the novel as much fun to read.

This was my first time to read a “Miss Seeton” mystery, but it certainly will not be my last. It was a fun, intriguing story. The clues to solve the mystery were well paced and kept the story very interesting and entertaining. No bad language or embarrassing scenes in this book. Loved the humor and dialogue.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher for review. All opinions are my own.

Miss Seeton has been a great help to the police in the past and as such, they have placed her on a permanent retainer. It seems her drawings help them decipher and solve crimes; since while her subconscious takes over, she manages to convey ideas that they can interpret.

While visiting Glastonbury in order to learn a little more about King Arthur for an upcoming Christmas play, she meets a variety of people. What she doesn't know is that the local police are looking for a group of drug dealers and eventually solve a murder. She also doesn't know that she might actually know something about both...

I would have liked to enjoy this book more, but it began very slow. I don't understand what her neighbors had to do with anything - except to explain about sheep, and that could have been done by the author without adding in the neighbors as it was rather dull - yet they filled the first chapter and all we learned was the fact that the father was a magistrate and the son and his wife went to a film. Other than that, it didn't make any sense at all. Other than that, it didn't make any sense at all since they never appeared in the book again.

Once she gets to Glastonbury she meets an odd assortment of people, including the local bookseller, whose family is arguing with other family members about grazing land - should they allow it to remain or take it back to expand a factory. While it may have been the major plot, a lot of it did not need to be in there, and again, it made the story drag.

But once things did seem to 'move along,' as it were, then it became interesting. It was nice to see Miss Seeton's interaction with people, and also interesting to see how the police interpreted her drawings into something they could use. I would also have liked to know something about Miss Seeton's 'outragous hats' but they were never described.

She manages to get herself right in the middle of things without knowing it, and although I would have enjoyed to get pulled into the mystery, there were many stops and starts, i.e., the young girl on the hill gesticulating wildly with the umbrella while she rants about the Zodiac, (for that is what is was, a complete rant); I did find myself skimming through these pages.

In the end, it was put together well and worth the read, and I will probably read another in this series if given the chance. A decent cozy to spent a quiet nice with a cup of tea.