The Tiny Gun
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The cold, seaside town of Falmouth holds a secret.
Carrie Stein has the perfect life working as a painter in the city and living with her popular boyfriend, Maud Zeus.
However, when she finds a tiny gun in her cellar, she begins to realize that things are not quite as they seem in the town of Falmouth.
A dinner party leaves Carrie with some startling questions about her past, and she sets off to Wild Falmouth to find some answers. But, when she arrives it isn't as it seems.
Can Carrie resist the charms of Wild Falmouth and uncover the secret of the tiny gun before it's too late, or will her demise become yet another Falmouth legend?
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