Searchers End is cold, bleak but stunningly beautiful. Clara Wells just moved here and it wasn't what she had expected the seaside to be like, the muddy sand stretches on and on until it finally meets the waters edge. Life seems as though its going to be pretty monotonous until she meets Cam, the boy with the smile that makes her heart beat a little quicker. She wants to get to know him, find out why the other teenagers on the bus look unimpressed when she mentions his name, why does he live at his Aunt's house and doesn't go to college. Finding out the answers means falling into his world and when she does there doesn't seem to be a way out.