Bonjour, Miss Seeton

sometimes life calls for a cup of tea and a retreat into a cozy,eccentric filled English village. this book is just the ticket.in addition to the wonderful antics of Miss Seeton,the Nuts, the Buzzard and other endearing characters,this book offers something more.It provides a window not only into mid twentieth century village life, but into some aspects of the War that had ended just thirty years before the setting of the book.i was inspired, for instance, to sit up way to late googling the words to the Colonel Bogie march, (and other britisth wartime soldiers songs)as mentioned in the book .it was a real eye opener to a baby boomer. That's why my parents turned pale when they heard the theme to the "bride on the river kwai".the French resistance, the blitz, wartime privations , all history brought to life through the reminiscing of the characters.this adds a fascinating additional dimension to the mystery and village mayhem. the very best fun books are those that also inform.

Plummergen, that "peaceful" village in Kent where Miss Seeton resides, is currently the center of three exciting activities. One, a local charity group is sponsoring a drive to buy wheelchairs for children, Two, The construction of the channel tunnel is inspiring a visit to France, and Three, Mrs. Blaine and Miss Nuttel (the Nuts) have a visitor. Guess which topic is generating the most discussion?All seems quiet on the Miss Seeton front, at least, and the book is deceptively crime-free for the first half or more. But murder eventually strikes, and all that peace and quiet is bound to come to a spectacular end. It's enough to put Anglo-French relations back 20 years!I really enjoy this series. I love Miss Seeton and her crazy neighbors crack me up. Really funny.

The indomitable Miss Seeton escorts several local children from her English village of Plummergen across the channel to conduct a one day tour of WW II battle sites and a local art museum. While in France, Miss Seeton meets an attractive widower, Count Jean-Louis de Balivernes before returning home. Romance seems to be in the air when the Frenchman visits Miss Seeton in her quaint village. However, the Count's idyllic English visits is disrupted by the discovery of a corpse in the kitchen of one of the eccentric but colorful townsfolk. Amateur detective Miss Seeton, sketch pad and umbrella in hand, begins to investigate the case. BONJOUR MISS SEETON is an interesting English cozy due to the depth of all the characters. In her latest appearance, Miss Seeton remains the classic stereotype senior citizen cum amateur sleuth that make up this sub-genre. Regardless of whom writes as Hamilton Crane, this remains one of the top who-done-it series on the market today. Harriet Klausner