Picture Miss Seeton

A Miss Seeton Mystery, Book 1

By: Heron Carvic

Narrated by: Phyllida Nash

When Miss Seeton walks out after a performance of Carmen and witnesses a real-life stabbing, all she can recall is a shadowy figure. But how could she have guessed that her latest artistic endeavor is a picture-perfect portrait of the killer? Her sketch puts her in a perilous position, for back at her recently inherited cottage in Plummergen village, she's fated to be a sitting duck...for murder most foul!

Meet Miss Emily D. Seeton: retired art teacher Miss Seeton steps in where Scotland Yard stumbles. Armed with only her sketch pad and umbrella, she is every inch an eccentric English spinster and the most lovable and unlikely master of detection.

©2016 The Beneficiaries of the Literary Estate of Heron Carvic (P)2017 Prelude Books Ltd

Love this classic, old-style cozy mystery of the battling brolly

Miss Seeton, an excellent cozy mystery series. Why not record more of the many books remaining in this series? The quality of this recording is not ideal, very low volume

Been waiting for this series in audible for years!

Would you try another book from Heron Carvic and/or Phyllida Nash?

yes-narration much better in 2nd book

What other book might you compare Picture Miss Seeton to and why?

Miss Fortune mysteries-mystery and comedy together

How could the performance have been better?

narration seems a little dull-like narrator is monotone and bored

Was Picture Miss Seeton worth the listening time?

not really -very disappointed with narration

Any additional comments?

So glad to hear this series on audio-loved reading the series-hope narrator gets better
though

Great Book!

This is a great book; this is the first book in the Miss Seeton Mystery series written by Heron Carvic and narrated by Phyllida Nash.This is a great book with a wonderful story and well developed characters. The story flowed very well and was very enjoyable. This book will keep you reading long into the night and you will not want to put this book down until you finish. This was such a great read and full of surprises. The narrator did a wonderful job with this book. She did a great job with the different voices of each character in this book. It was very easy to listen to and I didn’t want to stop listening until the end. If you are looking for a great book with well-developed characters then you need to listen to this book. I am looking forward to listening to the next book by this author and narrator.

Excellent

I'll be looking for more in this series. Characters are well developed storyline is well written.

Armed with an umbrella

Any additional comments?

I selected this audiobook due to Phyllida Nash's narration.- perfect.

The story originally started out with a very 'golden era' mystery feel to it. Miss Seeton is not golden era, she's an elderly, ladylike, spinster in a more modern time who has psychic drawing, as in artistic, powers, practices yoga, and has an umbrella as her lucky talisman.

Carvic repeatedly refers to "Alice in Wonderland" throughout the book - I eventually made the connection - which explains why the book has a slightly offbeat, Madhatter, tone to it. The ending has that same offbeat feel, it doesn't resolve the question, "What happened to the body in the cupboard?".

Extra content others may like to know about before handing to your teen: Carvic has his villain in the book ruthlessly ending someone's life (I wasn't prepared for it, the focus was on Miss Seeton's plight, the author just tossed it down the 'rabbit hole'). The story centres around drugs, their pushers and victims.

Spinster arts teacher vs. hit man.

Loved it. It has been on my wish list for Audible to produce for a decade. The second book is not as good, but three through five are excellent. The books that follow are written by two different authors. Heron Carvic wrote the first five. Hopefully Audible will produce Odds On Miss. Seeton. Please!!!

If you enjoy cozy mysteries, this is a fun one.

Picture Miss Seeton: A Miss Seeton Mystery, Book 1 is a light cozy mystery that is fun and entertaining.  Miss Seeton finds herself involved in a murder and lots of trouble!  As a retired art teacher, Miss Seeton has no trouble finding trouble – it finds her!  Miss Seeton witnesses a stabbing, gets involved with Juvenile Delinquents and more.  At least she has her trusty umbrella and is most helpful to Scotland Yard!

If you enjoy British humor, this is perfect for you.  Miss Seeton is eccentric, English and carries a deadly umbrella!  As she tries to solve the crime, through her sketches one must wonder if the murderer will get her first!

This was an enjoyable mystery.  The narrator, Phyllida Nash, provided a wonderful performance.  Her voice was soothing yet sounded just like one would expect an English Spinster to sound like.  Well-developed the story flowed smoothly and Nash kept it going with her natural performance.

If you enjoy cozy mysteries, this is a fun one.

Audiobook was provided for review by the publisher.

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Wish all of Miss Seeton's books were on Audible.

I wish all of Miss Seeton's books were on Audible. A fun listen. Phylida Nash bring dear Miss Seeton to life. A cozy book to read - listen - long into the night

Utterly Delightful!

Despite the odd sad moment, (can we really have a mystery moment without that?) this book is hilarious, delightful, and even manages to make a very serious point while entertaining us. Just too bad that Mr. Carvic didn’t live longer to write the entire series himself. His, in my humble opinion, are the best of the lot. The layers in the plot of this very first one, should be appealing to all age groups. Happy reading/listening to you!

I love Miss Seeton!

I have been a Miss Seeton fan for many years. The books are charming and funny. I was so pleased to see them appearing on Audible! The reader does a good job with the voices, and you can hear in her tone that she "gets it."

Cozy/Vintage British mtstery fans will like this book.