Addressed in the town as Colin
Colin Finch
Mrs Finch’s brother. Behind the counter at Finch’s Tea Room.
Colin Finch is Mrs Finch’s brother. He works behind the counter at Finch’s Tea Room and says very little while he does it.
His province is the display case and the teapots. He arranges the biscuits with the concentration of a man defusing a bomb, and rearranges them with the same deliberation. He takes no task lightly.
The teapots are polished one at a time, with an attention to detail that borders on the devotional. A banged door does not interrupt it. He finishes the teapot he has started.
The tables and the conversation are his sister’s. Colin keeps to the counter. Regular customers say good morning to him and do not wait for an answer, and no offence is taken on either side.
Where you will find him
Behind the counter at Finch’s Tea Room, between the display case and the teapots.
Where to look
Readers of the Postcards from Seabrook will find more on Colin Finch in the office upstairs.
Appears in
- Book 1First appearance Murder at Seabrook Pier
Who’s who
Others in Seabrook
Holmes wisdom: Holmes once ate three tins of tuna in an afternoon. Penrose counted.