Miss Seeton really does tread where others fear to do so...in this new instalment of her capers she does so much more than tread. In fact, she takes to the skies. With the usual cast of tremendous but outrageous, madcap characters including our heroine, this does not disappoint. Altogether, a great, fun read and a fitting addition to the series.

I would like to thank Netgalley and Farrago from r an advance copy of Miss Seeton Flighs High, the twenty third novel to feature police consultant and quintessential English gentlewoman Miss Seeton, the fifteenth written by Sarah J. Massey under the pseudonym Hamilton Crane.

Miss Seeton's skill at turning her lateral thinking and possible psychic abilities into seemingly meaningless "scribbles" has spread throughput Scotland Yard so when Superintendent Kebby gets nowhere in his kidnapping case he asks Chief Superintendent Delphick, main interpreter of Miss Seeton's drawings, if she could have a think about his case. What she draws doesn't much help his case but it throws much needed light on two other cases.

I thoroughly enjoyed Miss Seeton Flies High. It may not be as laugh out loud funny as some of the other novels but it is gently amusing and full of unexpected events, like Miss Seeton's trip to Glastonbury and sheep high on cannabis (this latter is based on a true story of sheep in Wales so hats off to the author for recognising its comedic value). The plot has plenty going on with three distinct plot lines, kidnap, murder and drugs although with Miss Seeton involved the lines gets blurred on a regular basis! The narrative alternates between Miss Seeton and Chief Superintendent Delphick on the one hand and a family dispute over land on the other. Initially I wondered about the reason for this secondary narrative but I soon got involved in it and forgot to wonder until all becomes clear.

I have read the entire series so naturally I have developed favourites among the characters. I was disappointed not to see the testy, highly amusing Superintendent Brinton and his sidekick Foxon but with most of the action taking place in Glastonbury this is not particularly surprising. On the other hand I was glad to see that The Nuts hardly make an appearance as I find their schtick repetitive and extremely unlikely.

The Glastonbury setting allows the author to have a field day with alternative thinking and beliefs. The novel is extremely informative on these beliefs while gently poking fun at its practitioners. Of course, with the 1976 setting and the hippy movement still in existence this is fertile ground.

Miss Seeton Flies High is another fine addition to the series so I have no hesitation in recommending it as a good read.

Miss Seeton Flies High by Hamilton Crane was a delightful cozy mystery read. I always (and I do mean always) look forward to sharing another adventure with Miss Seeton.

Ms. Mason writing as Hamilton Crane writes a smoothly paced plot with a enough description to make any reader feel as though they are there as Miss Seeton, Chief Superintendent Delphick, and Bob Ranger search for a kidnapped heir, drug dealers and a murderer. I cannot help but laugh as Miss Seeton goes about her life with an optimistic viewpoint and often no clue as to what is really going around her. Yet she always manages to "see" the truth and create it in her sketches. I do adore her and her outlook upon life as she sees it.