Emily D(orothea) Seeton, also known as Miss Seeton or MissEss, is the fictional heroine of a series of British cosy mystery novels by Heron Carvic, Roy Peter Martin writing as Hampton Charles, and Sarah J. Mason writing as Hamilton Crane. Cosy Mysteries lists the books as the "Retired British Art Teacher in England Series".
Miss Seeton inadvertently draws psychologically and, perhaps, psychically informative sketches that allow Superintendent (later re-graded to Chief Superintendent, following the real-life restructuring of British police forces) Delphick, known as the Oracle, and his Sergeant, Bob Ranger, to solve the crime. The primary plot element is Miss Seeton finding herself in an awkward situation as a result of logical and ladylike actions.[1]
Plummergen is the archetypal English village, with an array of character types from retired Major General Sir George Colvedon, Bart., K.C.B., D.S.O., J.P to others.
Picture Miss Seeton (1968). The 1968 US (Harper & Row) edition of Picture Miss Seeton contains characters and scenes not included in the 1968 UK (Geoffrey Bles) edition. Subsequent reissues have used the Geoffrey Bles text.
Miss Seeton Draws the Line (1969)
Witch Miss Seeton (1971) (UK title Miss Seeton, Bewitched)
