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The Harbor Master's Ledger

Porthgrey, Cornwall. Lantern Night, 1953. The Harbor Master is found dead at the foot of the Customs House stairs. His ledger is missing. His lantern is still burning. The coroner says accident. The town says his son.

London, 2026. A biscuit tin arrives on Edmund Hale's kitchen table.

People

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Edmund Hale

Detective Chief Inspector (retired), cold case consultant

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Morwenna Penhallow

Thomas’s daughter; Hale’s client

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Silas Penhallow

Harbor Master of Porthgrey

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Thomas Penhallow

Son of the Harbor Master

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Constable Arthur Pike

Village constable

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Agnes Pollard

Barmaid at The Man Overboard

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Billy Tregear

Paperboy

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Dr. Henry Ashcombe

Town doctor

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Father Michael Kerrow

Vicar of St. Brannoc’s

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Miss Rose Loveday

Postmistress

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Mr. Walter Grigg

Clerk at the Town Registry

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Mrs. Edna Dalton

Landlady of the Anchor Hotel

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Tom Brewer

Ferryman

Places

Porthgrey
Harborside — Register rows 1–714
Old Town — Register rows 715–1428
Lamplight Hill — Register rows 1429–2142
Mill End — Register rows 2143–2856
The Narrows — Register rows 2857–3570
St. Brannoc's — Register rows 3571–4284
Westcut — Register rows 4285–4998
Kingsgate — Register rows 4999–5712
The Saltings — Register rows 5713–6426
Quay Row — Register rows 6427–7140
The Customs House
The Anchor Hotel
The Man Overboard
The harbor ferry

Documents

The Lantern Night programme, 1953.

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