The office above Harper’s Bookshop, Seabrook

Penrose Investigations Postcards

Postcards from Seabrook

A postcard from Seabrook every month, the prequel the moment it is ready, and the key to the office upstairs. The first postcard is posted in January 2027. There is no password, now or ever.

A postcard of the office above Harper’s Bookshop: a desk by the window, a record player, and Holmes asleep on the sill above the sea.
The office above Harper’s A sample from the set. The cat is on the windowsill.

Penrose would be the first to tell you he isn’t much for self-promotion.

However. There is the matter of how all this began: the cat, the harbour, and the business of detection in one’s retirement. The full story is free of charge to anyone who signs up here, and will be sent the moment it is ready.

News from Seabrook is included, once a month. Holmes has no opinion on the matter.

On the list

What you get

  • A postcard from Seabrook every month. One picture and a few lines from the town, on the first Thursday. The first is posted in January 2027.
  • The prequel, as an ebook. A Small Matter of a Missing Cat is how it began. It is written and is being made ready, and it will be sent to you the moment it is.
  • The map of Seabrook, to print. The whole town on one sheet, from the Old Stone Bridge to the end of the pier.
  • The residents. Who is who in Seabrook, at more length than the public pages allow.
  • Early word of each book. You will hear before it is in the bookshop window.
  • Holmes wisdom and Penrose advice. A line about the cat and a paragraph from the office. Neither is long.
  • The key to the office upstairs. The room above Harper’s Bookshop, where all of the above is kept.

How it works

Three steps and no password

  1. We email you a link

    Give a first name and an email address, and tick the box.

  2. The link confirms you and signs you in

    Press the button in the email. It shows the address is yours, and that is all the proof anyone asks for.

  3. You are in the office

    There is no password to remember.

No password, no spam, one postcard a month. The details are on the privacy page.

How it began

The prequel

The prequel is not for sale anywhere. Everyone on the list is sent it, free, the moment it is ready.

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 has been seen on a gatepost in Church Row and on the parapet of the Old Stone Bridge. He has not been seen travelling between them.