Miss Seeton Books in Order
Miss Seeton contains 25 books, published between 1968 and 2019. The first book is Picture Miss Seeton (1968) and the newest is Watch the Wall, Miss Seeton (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 25
- Published
- 1968–2019
- Pages on record
- 3,663 in 18 of 25 books
- Reading time
- 61–92 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,663 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 25 titles with a page count on record.
Miss Seeton is a traditional English mystery series with 25 books catalogued from 1968 to 2019. Heron Carvic is credited with the 5 books from 1968 to 1975, Hampton Charles with the 3 titles of 1990, and Hamilton Crane with the other 17, from 1991 to 2019. Picture Miss Seeton (1968) opens the run, followed by Miss Seeton Draws the Line (1969), Witch Miss Seeton (1971), Miss Seeton Sings (1973) and Odds on Miss Seeton (1975). Miss Seeton by Appointment, Advantage Miss Seeton and Miss Seeton at the Helm all date from 1990. Watch the Wall, Miss Seeton (2019) is the newest. Women detectives, teachers and London appear in the subject tags.
How many Miss Seeton books are there?
Miss Seeton has 25 books, released between 1968 and 2019.
Miss Seeton Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 25 Miss Seeton books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Picture Miss Seeton1968 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/419682242/4
- 2Miss Seeton Draws the Line1969 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/419692242/4
- 3Miss Seeton, Bewitched / Witch Miss Seeton1971 · 181 pages · confirmed 2/419711812/4
- 4Miss Seeton Sings1973 · 196 pages · confirmed 2/419731962/4
- 5Odds on Miss Seeton1975 · 248 pages · confirmed 2/419752482/4
- 6Miss Seeton by Appointment1990 · 183 pages · confirmed 2/419901832/4
- 7Advantage Miss Seeton1990 · 186 pages · confirmed 2/419901862/4
- 8Miss Seeton at the Helm1990 · confirmed 2/41990–2/4
- 9Miss Seeton Cracks the Case1991 · 1 pages · confirmed 2/4199112/4
- 10Miss Seeton Paints the Town1991 · confirmed 2/41991–2/4
- 11Hands Up, Miss Seeton1992 · confirmed 2/41992–2/4
- 12Miss Seeton by Moonlight1992 · confirmed 2/41992–2/4
- 13Miss Seeton Rocks the Cradle1992 · 199 pages · confirmed 2/419921992/4
- 14Miss Seeton Goes to Bat1993 · 201 pages · confirmed 2/419932012/4
- 15Miss Seeton Plants Suspicion1993 · 250 pages · confirmed 2/419932502/4
- 16Starring Miss Seeton1994 · 245 pages · confirmed 2/419942452/4
- 17Miss Seeton Undercover1994 · 265 pages · confirmed 2/419942652/4
- 18Miss Seeton Rules1994 · confirmed 2/41994–2/4
- 19Sold to Miss Seeton1995 · 1 pages · confirmed 2/4199512/4
- 20Sweet Miss Seeton1996 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/419962562/4
- 21Bonjour, Miss Seeton1997 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/419972722/4
- 22Miss Seeton's Finest Hour1999 · 259 pages · confirmed 2/419992592/4
- 23Miss Seeton Quilts the Village2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
- 24Miss Seeton Flies High2018 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/420182722/4
- 25Watch the Wall, Miss Seeton2019 · confirmed 2/42019–2/4
Do you have to read Miss Seeton books in order?
You should read the Miss Seeton books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Miss Seeton book also stands alone.
Where to start with Miss Seeton
Start with Picture Miss Seeton (1968), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Miss Seeton book?
Watch the Wall, Miss Seeton (2019) is the newest Miss Seeton book released so far.
Is there a new Miss Seeton book coming?
No next Miss Seeton book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Miss Seeton at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Miss Seeton title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Miss Seeton books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,663 pages across the 18 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Miss Seeton books, 17 of 25, were published in the 1990s.
- Attribution
- Of the 25 titles, 17 are credited to Hamilton Crane, 5 to Heron Carvic and 3 to Hampton Charles.
What the Miss Seeton books are about
23 of the 25 Miss Seeton books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: seeton, miss (fictitious character) is tagged on 18 of 23. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Seeton, miss (fictitious character) 18 of 23 books
- Mystery & detective, traditional 16 of 23 books
- England 15 of 23 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 15 of 23 books
- Teachers 14 of 23 books
- Mystery & detective 4 of 23 books
- London (England) 3 of 23 books















