The Coastal Town
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The creepy, coastal town of Truro holds a dark secret.
Carla Johnson has the perfect life working as a teacher in the city with her dream boyfriend, Matt Parker.
However, when she finds an implicating note in her attic, she begins to realize that things are not quite as they seem in the Johnson family.
Carla begins to doubt everything she knew, and with only a single clue, she sets off to Truro to find some answers.
She is instantly drawn to the curiously clever private detective, Susan Zeus. However, after she is introduced the hectic life of a P.I., Carla slowly finds herself drawn into a web of theft, fraud and perhaps, even abduction.
Can Carla resist the charms of Susan and uncover the secret of her origins before it's too late, or will her demise become yet another Truro legend?
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