Sold to Miss Seeton — Hamilton Crane

An accidental purchase-and a deliberate murder...

Miss Seeton raised her umbrella only to catch someone's attention--not the wisest thing to do at an auction, as she learns when she suddenly finds herself the owner of an antique box no one else wants to bid on. The keys are long lost, and no one's sure what lies inside. Intrigued. Miss Seeton investigates the box and finds a coronet and a velvet robe of possibly royal origin. The discovery makes her suspect that something's amiss--and when an auction house employee is killed soon thereafter, Miss Seeton finds herself crossing paths with some very dangerous characters...

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 at every turn the most lovable and unlikely master of detection.