Book 1Coming
Murder at Seabrook Pier
A locked cabinet. A missing music box. And a death the police called an accident.
Coming to Kindle and Kindle Unlimited.
Penrose Investigations, Book 3
The Seabrook Regatta Sabotage
Regatta week, and somebody is sinking Seabrook’s chances one boat at a time.
A cut halyard on Monday. A fouled propeller on Tuesday. By Thursday of regatta week four boats have been damaged on Seabrook’s marina pontoons. Tom Bennett, whose chandlery rigged every one of them, is being looked at sideways in the Gull and Lantern. The sailing club will not have police on the pontoons. Tom comes up the stairs above Harper’s instead. The third novel in the Penrose Investigations series.
Coming to Kindle and Kindle Unlimited.
Not yet on the shelf. It follows Grounds for Murder.
Planned for
- Kindle
- Kindle Unlimited
Every Penrose mystery stands alone. Start here if you like.
In this book
The players
The case
Regatta week, and somebody is sinking Seabrook’s chances one boat at a time.
A cut halyard on Monday. A fouled propeller on Tuesday. By Thursday four boats have been damaged on the marina pontoons, the sailing club is calling it high spirits, and Tom Bennett, whose chandlery rigged every one of them, is being looked at sideways in the Gull and Lantern. The club will not have police on the pontoons in regatta week. Tom comes up the stairs above Harper’s instead.
Book 3 of the Penrose Investigations, the Seabrook cosy mysteries. Each book stands alone.
Questions readers ask
Is The Seabrook Regatta Sabotage a standalone?
Yes. The Seabrook Regatta Sabotage is a complete mystery with its own case and its own client. It is the third novel in the Penrose Investigations series, and nothing in it depends on the earlier books. Every Penrose mystery stands alone.
Is The Seabrook Regatta Sabotage a cosy mystery?
Yes. The Seabrook Regatta Sabotage has no gore and no swearing. Whatever goes wrong on the water, the book stays on shore with the town.
Is there a cat in The Seabrook Regatta Sabotage?
Yes. Holmes the cat, a grey tabby, is in every Penrose mystery. In The Seabrook Regatta Sabotage he sits on the harbour wall every morning of regatta week. He is an ordinary cat: he never speaks and never solves anything.
Where is Seabrook?
Seabrook is a fictional seaside town on the south coast of England, with a Victorian pier, a working harbour and a High Street. No county is ever named. The nearest railway station is at Hartbury, two miles inland. The Seabrook Regatta Sabotage is set there in late July 2026, in regatta week.
How long is The Seabrook Regatta Sabotage?
The Seabrook Regatta Sabotage is planned as a full-length novel of about twenty chapters. It has not been published yet, so there is no page count to give.
Is The Seabrook Regatta Sabotage on Kindle Unlimited?
That is the plan. The Seabrook Regatta Sabotage is intended for Kindle and Kindle Unlimited when it is published, as are the other Penrose Investigations novels. It is not on sale yet.
Is there an audiobook of The Seabrook Regatta Sabotage?
Not yet. An audiobook of Book 1, Murder at Seabrook Pier, is in production, and none has been announced for The Seabrook Regatta Sabotage.
What order should I read the Penrose Investigations in?
Any order you like. Every Penrose mystery is a separate case. In story order the series runs: A Small Matter of a Missing Cat (the free prequel), Murder at Seabrook Pier, Grounds for Murder, The Seabrook Regatta Sabotage.
Also in the series
Book 2Coming
Grounds for Murder
Stolen tools. Prize plants destroyed. And a week of trouble the police called a civil matter.
Coming to Kindle and Kindle Unlimited.
Book 0Prequel
A Small Matter of a Missing Cat
Arthur Penrose spent thirty years catching criminals. He had rather hoped retirement would be quieter.
Free with the Postcards, coming soon.
Holmes wisdom: Penrose once opened a tin of sardines he believed to date from 1987. Holmes raised no objection.