Miss Seeton Undercover (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781788421690)

'Ibbley, obbley, onker, my first conker ' The ancient warcry of English conker battles heralds autumn in the Kentish countryside, where Plummergen, Miss Seeton's home village, and its great rival Murreystone, are holding their Produce Show and - this year - impromptu fisticuffs

Plus it's Trafalgar Day, and at Admiral Buzzard's 'gin pennant' party for local ex-officers there's another near punch-up. Altogether a riveting backdrop for the presenters of a popular TV cookery show, visiting in search of rare heritage apples like the Plummergen Peculier.

Only the police have time to notice the worsening local crime wave - antique shops ramraided, homes robbed, then a life lost - until Miss Seeton is coaxed into playing a core role.

Serene amidst every kind of skullduggery, this eccentric English spinster steps in where Scotland Yard stumbles, armed with nothing more than her sketchpad and umbrella