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Miss Seeton's summer outing to a tennis match serves up more than expected when Britain's up-and-coming female tennis star is hounded by death threats. The girl's father, stem Judge Thumper, seems to have provoked one of the miscreants passing before his bench -- and the target of the ex-convict's wrath is the athletic Miss Thumper. The police are counting on Miss Seeton to unravel some baffling clues before victory goes to the villain . . . game, set, and match.Tags
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Miss Seeton to the rescue of a teenage tennis sensation. This is the raciest of all the series. Some of its a little funny, but it doesn't quite fit the rest of the books. When 'Hampton Charles' aka James Melville took over the series, he missed a bit in the characterization of the books. Miss Seeton is fine, but the Nuts are slightly off kilter (no, really!) and the slap-and-tickle is out of place as well. Still, Miss Seeton is in good form, which is the most important thing.
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Peter Martin was born in London, England on January 5, 1931. Before becoming a cultural diplomat, he read philosophy at Birkbeck College and served in the Royal Air Force. He worked for the Royal Festival Hall and then with the British Council. While working in Kyoto, Japan, he and his second wife, Joan Drumwright, wrote Japanese Cooking. He also show more wrote The Chrysanthemum Throne: A History of the Emperors of Japan. Under the pseudonym James Melville, he wrote the Superintendent Otani Mystery series, The Imperial Way, and A Tarnished Phoenix. Under the pseudonym Hampton Charles, he wrote three novels about Miss Seeton. He died in 2014 at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Advantage Miss Seeton
- Original publication date
- 1990-06
- People/Characters
- Thrudd Banner (Thaddeus); Norah Blaine (Bunny); Sir George Colveden; Meg Colveden; Nigel Colveden; Delphick (Detective Superintendent, the Oracle) (show all 17); Amelita Forby (Mel); Anne Knight (Anne Wright); Dr. Knight (Dr. Wright); Erica Nuttel; William Parsons; Bob Ranger (Detective Sergeant); Emily Dorothea Seeton; Trish Thumper; Sir Wilfrid Thumper (Justice Thumper); Arthur Treeves (Reverend); Molly Treeves
- Important places
- Kent, England, UK; London, England, UK; Plummergen, Kent, England, UK; Wimbledon, London, England, UK
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- Members
- 107
- Popularity
- 302,057
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (3.25)
- Languages
- Dutch, English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 5
- ASINs
- 2
